Democracy in divided societies : electoral engineering for conflict management /

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 cer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reilly, Ben
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Theories of institutional design.
Subjects:
Elections > Case studies.
Conflict management > Case studies.
Democracy > Case studies.
Élections > Études de cas.
Gestion des conflits > Études de cas.
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.
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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