Democracy in Divided Societies Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management

Name: Democracy in Divided Societies Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management
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ISBN: 9780521797306

ISBN-10: 0521797306

ISBN-13: 9780521797306

Edition: 2001

Authors: Benjamin Reilly, Brian Barry, Stephen Elkin, Robert E. Goodin, Russell Hardin

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This text examines the potential of electoral engineering as a mechanism of conflict management in divided societies. It focuses on the little-known experience of a number of divided societies which have used vote-pooling electoral systems.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Introduction: democracy in divided societies



The historical development of preferential voting



The historical development of preferential voting



Centripetal incentives and political engineering in Australia



The rise and fall of centripetalism in Papua New Guinea



Electoral engineering and conflict management in divided societies: (i) Fiji and Sri Lanka compared



Electoral engineering and conflict management in divided societies: (ii)Northern Ireland, Estonia and beyond



Technical variations and the theory of preference voting


Conclusion: assessing the evidence