Description: Peace by Design : Managing Intrastate Conflict Through Decentralization, Paperback by Brancati, Dawn, ISBN 0199587442, ISBN-13 9780199587445, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Why does political decentralization seem reduce intrastate conflict more in some countries than in others? This question constitutes the central focus of Peace by Design. Brancati argues that the ability of decentralization to reduce intrastate conflict hinges on the electoral strength of regional parties. According to Brancati, regional parties tend to promote intrastate conflict by creating regional identities, advocating legislation harmful to other regions and regional minorities, and mobilizing groups to engage in conflict or supporting extremist organizations that do. Brancati also highlights a number of conditions under which regional parties are more likely to promote conflict, such as democratic transitions. Brancati further argues that decentralization increases the strength of regional parties depending on particular features of decentralization (., the proportion of legislative seats a region possesses, the number of regional legislatures in a country, the upper house election procedures, the sequencing of national and regional elections). These features of decentralization vary across countries and are fundamental to explaining why decentralization is not effective in reducing conflict in all countries. Brancati's ultimate conclusion is that decentralization can be effectively designed to promote peace, as long as it is designed to encourage statewide parties to incorporate regional parties into their agendas and to limit the strength of regional parties. The author provides compelling evidence for her argument through three detailed cases studies (., Czechoslovakia, Spain, and India) and a rigorous quantitative analysis in which she introduces a new dataset on constituency-level elections that will prove an invaluable resource for many future studies.
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Book Title: Peace by Design : Managing Intrastate Conflict Through Decentrali
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Peace by Design : Managing Intrastate Conflict Through Decentralization
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: History & Theory, Revolutionary, General, World / European, Interpersonal Relations, World / Asian
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Dawn Brancati
Subject Area: Political Science, Psychology, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
