From Power Sharing to Democracy
Author: Sid Noel
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2005-09-22
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0773573100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Power Sharing to Democracy examines the theoretical underpinnings of power sharing as a means of achieving sustainable democratic governance. Contributors examine key areas, including Afghanistan, Cyprus, Kosovo, Macedonia, and South Africa, where power-sharing constitutions and political institutions have been employed or proposed. They provide an in-depth exploration of consociationalism, under which the previously warring ethnic communities are guaranteed a proportionate share of political offices and protection of their vital interests, and federalism, which provides for substantial territorial autonomy in cases where the communities are territorially segregated.