O'Flynn, Ian.

Power Sharing : New Challenges for Divided Societies. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (237 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: New Challenges for Power Sharing -- Democratic Values and Power Sharing -- Integration and Autonomy: Minority Rights and Political Accommodation -- Breaking Antagonism? Political Leadership in Divided Societies -- Electoral-Systems Design and Power- Sharing Regimes -- The Failure of Moderate Politics: The Case of Northern Ireland -- The Unintended Consequences of Consociational Federalism: The Case of Belgium -- Partial Implementation, Partial Success: The Case of Macedonia -- The Dichotomy of International Mediation and Leader Intransigence: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Power Sharing and National Reconciliation: The Case of Lebanon -- Overlapping Identities: Power Sharing and Women's Rights -- Below and Beyond Power Sharing: Relational Structures across Institutions and Civil Society -- The Challenge of Reconciliation in Post- confl ict Societies: Defi nitions, Problems and Proposals -- Towards a Civic Culture: Implications for Power- sharing Policy Makers -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Examines the impact of power-sharing within local communities.

9781849642545


Comparative government.
Coalition governments.
Representative government and representation.
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Ethnic groups -- Political activity.
Minorities -- Political activity.
Cultural pluralism.


Electronic books.

JF51.P57 2005

323.1