Power-Sharing and Political Stability in Deeply Divided Societies by Allison Mcculloch

Power-Sharing and Political Stability in Deeply Divided Societies by Allison Mcculloch

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.

This book contributes to the debate between Arend Lijphart and Donald Horowitz, which concerns the best institutional means for promoting stable democracy in deeply (here specifically ethnically) divided societiesTreating both Lijphart's consociationalism and Horowitz's centripetalism as forms of "power sharing", McCulloch (Brandon Univ.) provides useful overviews of these two approaches to managing conflict through democratic means.

Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.

--P. J. Howe, Adrian College, CHOICE

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

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ISBN 13	9781138683617
ISBN 10	1138683612
Title	Power-Sharing and Political Stability in Deeply Divided Societies
Author	Allison Mcculloch
Series	Security And Governance
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2016-04-21
Number of pages	174
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