| Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management Contributor(s): Reilly, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521793238 ISBN-13: 9780521793230 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $102.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: Reilly analyzes the design of electoral systems for divided societies, examining various divided societies which utilize "vote-pooling" electoral systems--including Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland and Fiji. He shows that political institutions which encourage the development of broad-based, aggregative political parties and where campaigning politicians have incentives to attract votes from a range of ethnic groups can, under certain conditions, encourage a moderate, accommodatory political competition and thus influence the trajectory of democratization in transitional states. This is a challenge to orthodox approaches to democracy and conflict management. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections |
| Dewey: 324.63 |
| LCCN: 2001025238 |
| Lexile Measure: 1710 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.46" W x 9.18" (1.28 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reilly analyzes the design of electoral systems for divided societies, examining various divided societies which utilize vote-pooling electoral systems--including Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland and Fiji. He shows that political institutions which encourage the development of broad-based, aggregative political parties and where campaigning politicians have incentives to attract votes from a range of ethnic groups can, under certain conditions, encourage a moderate, accommodatory political competition and thus influence the trajectory of democratization in transitional states. This is a challenge to orthodox approaches to democracy and conflict management. |