Power-Sharing and Political Stability in Deeply Divided Societies

This book examines the effect of power-sharing forms of governance in bringing about political stability amid deep divisions. It is the first major comparison of two power-sharing designs - consociationalism and centripetalism - and it assesses a number of cases central to the debate, including Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi and Northern Ireland.

List of contents

1 Power-Sharing, Political Stability and Deep Divisions 2 Consociationalism, Centripetalism and The Intellectual Conflict 3 Consociationalism 4 Centripetalism Chapter 5 Context Matters

About the author

Allison McCulloch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brandon University.

Summary

This book examines the effect of power-sharing forms of governance in bringing about political stability amid deep divisions.

Product details

• Authors: Allison McCulloch, McCulloch Allison
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2014
• EAN: 9781138024762
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02476-2
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Security and Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, International Relations, Developing Countries, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution