Title Peace by design : managing intrastate conflict through decentralization / Dawn Brancati

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; Part I: Theory Development; 2. Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Intrastate Conflict?; Part II: Case Study Analysis; 3. Czechoslovakia; 4. Spain; 5. India; Part III: Quantitative Analysis; 6. Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism; 7. Regional Parties; 8. Conclusion; References; Endnotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary This title seeks to understand whether a particular type of political institution, namely decentralization or federalism, reduces intrastate conflict and under what conditions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-256) and index Notes Print version record Subject Conflict management -- Political aspects -- Case studies Insurgency -- Case studies Ethnic conflict -- Political aspects -- Case studies Decentralization in government -- Case studies Central-local government relations -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society. Central-local government relations Conflict management -- Political aspects Decentralization in government Ethnic conflict -- Political aspects Insurgency Politics and government SUBJECT Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85035324 Spain -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126151 India -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064936 Subject Czechoslovakia India Spain Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Oxford University Press ISBN 9780191563539 0191563536 1282076280 9781282076280

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