| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
National and ethnic conflict in the twenty-first century |
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National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.
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| Contents |
Designing constitutions to reduce domestic conflict / Alan J. Kuperman -- Burundi : institutionalizing ethnicity to bridge the ethnic divide / Filip Reyntjens -- Kenya : gradual pluralization fails to buffer shocks / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- Nigeria : devolution to mitigate conflict in the Niger Delta / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Sudan : "successful" constitutional reform spurs localized violence / Karly Kupferberg and Stefan Wolff -- Ghana : the complements of successful centralization : checks, balances, and informal accommodation / Justin Orlando Frosini -- Senegal : the limits of hyper-centralization / William Zartman, Hillary Thomas-Lake, and Arame Tall -- Zimbabwe : the unintended consequences of authoritarian institutions / Andrew Reynolds -- Africa's domestic institutions of integration and accommodation : a new database / Eli Poupko -- Rethinking constitutional reform for democracy and stability / Alan J. Kuperman |
| Summary |
Presenting the first database of constitutional design in all African countries, and seven original case studies, Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa explores the types of domestic political institutions that can buffer societies from destabilizing changes that otherwise increase the risk of violence |
| Analysis |
African Studies |
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Asian Studies |
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Human Rights |
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Law |
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Middle Eastern Studies |
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Political Science |
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Public Policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil war -- Africa -- Prevention
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Constitutional law -- Africa -- Case studies
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Conflict management -- Africa -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions.
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Conflict management
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Constitutional law
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Case studies
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kuperman, Alan J., editor, author.
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| LC no. |
2015008083 |
| ISBN |
9780812290332 |
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081229033X |
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