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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joanne McEvoy , Brendan O'LearyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.839kg ISBN: 9780812245011ISBN 10: 0812245016 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 30 May 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places: An Advocate's Introduction Brendan O'Leary Part I. Power Sharing and Electoral Systems Chapter 2. Electoral Rules and Ethnic Representation and Accommodation: Combining Social Choice and Electoral System Perspectives Bernard Grofman Chapter 3. The Track Record of Centripetalism in Deeply Divided Places Allison McCulloch Chapter 4. Electoral Engineering for a Stalled Federation: A Countrywide Electoral District for Belgium's Federal Parliament Kris Deschouwer and Philippe van Parijs Part II. Historical and Conceptual Forays on Power Sharing Chapter 5. A Theory of Accommodation Versus Conflict: With Special Reference to the Israel-Palestine Conflict Ronald Wintrobe Chapter 6. The Success of Religion as a Source for Compromise in Divided Empires: Ottoman and Safavid, Past and Present Benjamin Braude Chapter 7. Geopolitics and the Long-Term Construction of Democracy Randall Collins Chapter 8. Courts, Constitutions, and the Limits of Majoritarianism Samuel Issacharoff Part III. Contemporary Power-Sharing Questions Chapter 9. A Revised Theory of Federacy and a Case Study of Civil War Termination in Aceh, Indonesia Alfred Stepan Chapter 10. We Forbid! The Mutual Veto and Power-Sharing Democracy Joanne McEvoy Chapter 11. Northern Ireland: Power Sharing, Contact, Identity, and Leadership Ed Cairns Chapter 12. Public Opinion and Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places Colin Irwin Chapter 13. The Balkans: The Promotion of Power Sharing by Outsiders Florian Bieber Chapter 14. Governing Polarized Cities Scott A. Bollens Chapter 15. Power Sharing in Kirkuk: The Need for Compromise Liam Anderson Chapter 16. Power Sharing: An Advocate's Conclusion Brendan O'Leary List of Contributors Index AcknowledgmentsReviewsA properly edited collection can set an agenda or raise debate to a new level. This book does both: provides greater clarification of the key terms, and analysis is extended massively through sections dealing with electoral systems, historical cases and an imaginative set of issues that confront contemporary power-sharing arrangements. Crucially, a powerful introduction is matched by a brilliant synthetic conclusion. Here we have the state of the art of this vital subject in a single volume. -John Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at McGill University A cutting-edge collection of essays from some of the globe's leading authorities on consociational power-sharing, and from some of its emerging stars. -John McGarry,A Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy at Queen's University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada A brilliant and highly readable volume presenting the state of the art on power-sharing-both the latest theoretical developments and updates on practical applications-strongly recommended! -Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, San Diego An original, timely, and substantial contribution to the increasingly important field of study on consociational arrangements. -Christopher McCrudden, University of Michigan Law School A properly edited collection can set an agenda or raise debate to a new level. This book does both: it provides greater clarification of the key terms, and analysis is extended massively through sections dealing with electoral systems, historical cases, and an imaginative set of issues that confront contemporary power-sharing arrangements. Crucially, a powerful introduction is matched by a brilliant synthetic conclusion. Here we have the state of the art of this vital subject in a single volume. -John Hall, James McGill Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at McGill University A cutting-edge collection of essays from some of the globe's leading authorities on consociational power-sharing, and from some of its emerging stars. -John McGarry, Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy at Queen's University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada A brilliant and highly readable volume presenting the state of the art on power-sharing-both the latest theoretical developments and updates on practical applications-strongly recommended! -Arend Lijphart, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, San Diego An original, timely, and substantial contribution to the increasingly important field of study on consociational arrangements. -Christopher McCrudden, University of Michigan Law School An original, timely, and substantial contribution to the increasingly important field of study on consociational arrangements. -Christopher McCrudden, University of Michigan Law School Author InformationJoanne McEvoy is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Aberdeen and former Sawyer Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Brendan O'Leary is Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and former Senior Advisor on Power Sharing to the Standby Team of the Mediation Support Unit of the United Nations, with extensive practical advisory experience on power sharing in Northern Ireland, Somalia, Nepal, Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa, Sudan, and Iraq. He has authored and coedited twenty books, including The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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