1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797969903321

Autore

Loizides Neophytos <1974->

Titolo

Designing peace : Cyprus and institutional innovations in divided societies / / Neophytos Loizides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8122-9217-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

National and Ethnic Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

Disciplina

327.1/72095693

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict

Peace-building

Conflict management - Cyprus

Conflict management

Ethnic conflict - Cyprus

Peace-building, Cypriot

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Institutional Innovations in Peace Processes -- 1. A Federal Cyprus? Consociational Failures and Prospects -- 2. The Region's Federal Movements: Why Did (post-)Ottoman States Fail in Sharing Power? -- 3. Innovations in Power-Sharing: The Northern Irish d'Hondt -- 4. The Way Home: Linkages, Reciprocity, and Lessons from Bosnia -- 5. Mandate Peace Referendums: A South African Innovation? -- 6. "Stalemate Theory": A Humanitarian Breakthrough in Cyprus -- 7. Europeanization and Hydrocarbons: Alternative Scenario Planning in the Levant -- Conclusion: Can Divided Societies Learn from Each Other? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Why do some societies choose to adopt federal settlements in the face of acute ethnic conflict, while others do not? Neophytos Loizides examines how acrimoniously divided Cyprus could re-unify by adopting a federal and consociational arrangement inspiring similar attempts in its region. Loizides asserts that institutional innovation is key in designing peace processes. Analyzing power-sharing in Northern



Ireland, the return of displaced persons in Bosnia, and the preparatory mandate referendum in South Africa, he shows how divided societies have implemented novel solutions despite conditions that initially seemed prohibitive. Turning to Cyprus, he chronicles the breakthrough that led to the exhumations of the missing after 2003, and observes that a society's choice of narratives and institutions can overcome structural constraints. While Loizides points to the relative absence of successful federal and consociational arrangements among societies evolving from the "post-Ottoman space," he argues that neither elites nor broader societies in the region must be held hostages to the past. To effect lasting and positive change, Loizides encourages stakeholders in divided societies to be prepared to identify, redesign, and implement innovative new institutions. Examining successful peace mediations and identifying the shared experience and commonalities between Cyprus and other divided societies promises not only to inform the tackling of the Cyprus problem but also to provide transferable knowledge with broader implications for the fields of peace studies and conflict resolution.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968907203321

Autore

Su Spring

Titolo

Property ownership and private higher education in China : on what grounds? / / Spring Su

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

979-82-16-34672-2

1-283-13517-5

9786613135179

0-7391-4381-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Emerging perspectives on education in China

Disciplina

344.5107684

379.51

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Economic aspects - China

Education and state - China

For-profit universities and colleges - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHINA; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Evolution of Private Higher Education in China; 1 Private Higher Education Development in China; 2 Literature Review: Property Ownership, Property Right Economics and For-Profit Higher Education; 3 Comparative Analysis of Non-Profit and For-Profit Private Higher Education; 4 Individual Case Studies of Property Ownership Systems of Private Higher Education Institutions in China; 5 Comparisons of the Case Studies

6 Case Studies of Different Types of Private Higher Education Institutions in China7 Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comparative analysis of property ownership system and current quasi-profit regulations for the private higher education market in China, by constructing a theoretical model developed from institutional economics, mainstream privatization theories, and the relevant practices in use in Japan and the U.S. The book, which is written from historical, social, legal, economic and political perspectives, incorporates practical insights from in-depth case studies on various types/localities of private universities and colleges in China, including foreign invested colleges.