Peace by design / managing intrastate conflict through decentralization / Dawn Brancati
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xiii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199549009
- 0199549001
- 9780199587445
- 0199587442
- Managing intrastate conflict through decentralization
- Conflict management -- Political aspects -- Case studies
- Insurgency -- Case studies
- Ethnic conflict -- Political aspects -- Case studies
- Decentralization in government -- Case studies
- Central-local government relations -- Case studies
- Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government
- Spain -- Politics and government
- India -- Politics and government
- 303.6/ BRA
- GN494.5 .B73 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-256) and index
1. Introduction -- pt. I. Theory development -- 2. Decentralization : fueling the fire or dampening the flames of intrastate conflict? -- pt. II. Case study analysis -- 3. Czechoslovakia -- 4. Spain -- 5. India -- pt. III. Quantitative analysis -- 6. Ethnic conflict and secessionism -- 7. Regional parties -- 8. Conclusion
"Why does political decentralization reduce intrastate conflict more in some countries than in others? Can political institutions be designed to engender peace? If so, how? Addressing these questions, Dawn Brancati's Peace by Design advances the current debate on decentralization beyond a discussion of whether or not decentralization is effective in reducing conflict, to when and under what conditions it is successful. The book bridges opposing views while offering an original one, arguing that decentralization's ability to reduce conflict hinges on the electoral strength of regional parties, which, in turn, varies according to different institutional features of decentralization. Various aspects of political systems likewise affect the extent to which regional parties stimulate conflict and conversely, the degree to which statewide parties mitigate it. Rich in scholarly as well as policymaking insights, and grounded in extensive qualitative and quantitative research, Peace by Design illuminates the exigent issue of how to design political institutions in order to promote peace."--Jacket
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