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Author:   Andrew Reynolds (, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.782kg
ISBN:  

9780199246465

ISBN 10:   0199246467
Pages:   532
Publication Date:   14 March 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I: Institutional Design in Divided Societies: An Overview Katharine Belmont, Scott Mainwaring, and Andrew Reynolds: Introduction Institutional Design, Conflict Management, and Democracy in Divided Societies 1: Donald L. Horowitz: 1. Constitutional Design and the Problem of adoption: Proposals versus Processes 2: Arend Lijphart: The Wave of Power Sharing Democracy 3: Olga Shvetsova: Institutions and Coalition-Building in Post-Communist Transitions Part II: Presidentialism, Federalism and Decentralization, and Electoral Systems. 4: Timothy Frye: Presidents, Parliaments and Democracy: Insights from the Post-Communist World 5: José Antônio Cheibub: Presidentialism and Democratic Performance 6: Yash Ghai: Constitutional asymmetries: Communal Representation, Federalism, and Cultural Autonomy 7: Steven L. Solnick: Federalism and State-Building: Post-Communist and Post-Colonial Perspectives 8: Pippa Norris: Ballots not Bullets: Testing Consociational Theories of Ethnic Conflict, Electoral Systems and Democratization 9: Rein Taagepera: Designing Electoral Rules and Waiting for an Electoral System to Evolve Part III: Country Studies 10: Brij V. Lal: 10. Constitutional Engineering in Fiji 11: Brendan O'Leary: The British-Irish Agreement of 1998: Results and Prospects 12: Bereket Habte Selassie: The Eritrean Experience in Constitution Making: The Dialectic of Process and Substance 13: R. William Liddle: Indonesia's Democratic Transition: Playing By the Rules 14: Rotimi Subu and Larry Diamond: Institutional Design, Ethnic Conflict Management, and Democracy in Nigeria 15: David Stuligross and Ashutosh Varshney: India

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Andrew Reynolds has succeeded in doing what too many editors of post-convention edited volumes fail to do: composing an impressive book that is smart in structure and contains a series of very strong chapters. Journal of Peace Research These essays provide a sample and overview of the current state of debate linking institutional design to democratic durability. Democratization

Andrew Reynolds has succeeded in doing what too many editors of post-convention edited volumes fail to do: composing an impressive book that is smart in structure and contains a series of very strong chapters. Journal of Peace Research These essays provide a sample and overview of the current state of debate linking institutional design to democratic durability. Democratization

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