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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454610403321

Titolo

The architecture of democracy [[electronic resource] ] : constitutional design, conflict management, and democracy / / edited by Andrew Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-160013-X

9786612007095

1-282-00709-2

0-19-152985-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (530 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in democratization

Altri autori (Persone)

ReynoldsAndrew <1967->

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Comparative government

Democracy

Democratization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at a conference held at the University of Notre Dame, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction: Institutional Design, Conflict Management, and Democracy""; ""I: Institutional Design in Divided Societies: An Overview""; ""1. Constitutional Design: Proposals versus Processes""; ""2. The Wave of Power-Sharing Democracy""; ""3. Institutions and Coalition-Building in Post-Communist Transitions""; ""II: Presidentialism, Federalism and Decentralization, and Electoral Systems""; ""4. Presidents, Parliaments, and Democracy: Insights from the Post-Communist World""

""5. Presidentialism and Democratic Performance""""6. Constitutional Asymmetries: Communal Representation, Federalism, and Cultural Autonomy""; ""7. Federalism and State-Building: Post-Communist and Post-Colonial Perspectives""; ""8. Ballots Not Bullets: Testing Consociational Theories of Ethnic Conflict, Electoral Systems, and Democratization""; ""9. Designing Electoral Rules and Waiting for an



Electoral System""; ""III: Country Studies""; ""10. Constitutional Engineering in Post-Coup Fiji""

""11. The Belfast Agreement and the British-Irish Agreement: Consociation, Confederal Institutions, a Federacy, and a Peace Process""""12. The Eritrean Experience in Constitution Making: The Dialectic of Process and Substance""; ""13. Indonesia's Democratic Transition: Playing by the Rules""; ""14. Institutional Design, Ethnic Conflict Management, and Democracy in Nigeria""; ""15. Ethnic Diversities, Constitutional Designs, and Public Policies in India""; ""References""; ""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""

Sommario/riassunto

This text discusses the successes and failures of constitutional design. Chapters analyse the effect of presidential and parliamentary systems, federalism and autonomy, and electoral systems.