Research Catalog

Title

Power sharing and international mediation in ethnic conflicts / Timothy D. Sisk.

Author

Sisk, Timothy D., 1960-

Publication

Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict.

Description

xxii, 143 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• In this concise volume, Timothy Sisk defines power sharing as practices and institutions that result in broad-based governing coalitions generally inclusive of all major ethnic groups. He identifies the principal approaches to power sharing, including autonomy, federations, and proportional electoral systems.
• In addition, he highlights the problems with various power-sharing approaches and practices that have been raised by scholars and practitioners alike, and the instances where power-sharing experiments have succeeded and where they have failed. Finally, he offers some guidance to policymakers as they ponder power-sharing arrangements.

Series Statement

Perspectives series

Uniform Title

Perspectives series.

Subject

• Ethnic groups > Political activity
• Minorities > Political activity
• Democracy
• Representative government and representation

Note

• "Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-143).

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Ethnic Conflict: Approaches, Patterns, and Dynamics -- 3. Democracy and Its Alternatives in Deeply Divided Societies -- 4. A Typology of Conflict-Regulating Practices -- 5. Power Sharing and Peace Processes -- 6. International Intervention and Power Sharing.

ISBN

1878379569

LCCN

96008127

OCLC

ocm34576662

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries