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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, UK ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Comparative government; Democracy; Democratization
• Altri autori: ReynoldsAndrew <1967->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The architecture of democracy
• ISBN: 0-19-160013-X; 9786612007095; 1-282-00709-2; 0-19-152985-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809238103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in democratization.