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Democracy in Divided Societies
Contributor(s): Reilly, Benjamin (Author)
ISBN: 0521797306     ISBN-13: 9780521797306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2001
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections
Dewey: 324.63
LCCN: 2001025238
Lexile Measure: 1710
Series: Theories of Institutional Design
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 232 pages
 
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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.