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Author Reilly, Ben

Title Democracy in divided societies : electoral engineering for conflict management / Benjamin Reilly
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages)
Series Theories of institutional design
Theories of institutional design.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: democracy in divided societies; 2 The historical development of preferential voting; 3 Centripetal incentives and political engineering in Australia; 4 The rise and fall of centripetalism in Papua New Guinea; 5 Electoral engineering and conflict management in divided societies (I): Fiji and Sri Lanka compared; 6 Electoral engineering and conflict management in divided societies (II): Northern Ireland, Estonia and beyond
Summary Reilly analyses the design of electoral systems for divided societies, examining various divided societies which utilise 'vote-pooling' systems - including Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland and Fiji. Political institutions which encourage broad-based, aggregative political parties can, under certain conditions, encourage moderate, accommodatory political competition - influencing the trajectory of democratization in transitional states
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-214) and index
Notes English
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Subject Elections -- Case studies
Conflict management -- Case studies
Democracy -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Conflict management
Democracy
Elections
Wahlverhalten
Minderheitenfrage
Internationaler Vergleich
Democratie.
Kiesstelsels.
Conflictmanagement.
Élections -- Cas, Études de.
Gestion des conflits -- Cas, Études de.
Système électoral -- Cas, Etudes de.
Affrontements ethniques.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
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