Can democracy be designed? : the politics of institutional choice in conflict-torn societies

Authors:Sunil Bastian, Robin Luckham

Summary:This work explores how democratic institutions function and how they deal with the pressures of violence, poverty, globalization and democratization.

Print Book, English, 2003

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Publisher: Zed Books, London, 2003

Series:

Democratic transition in conflict-torn societies, v. 2

Physical Description:xvi, 336 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9781842771518, 1842771515

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1025235393

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Contents:

Introduction: Can Democracy be Designed? - Sunil Bastian and Robin Luckham1. Democratic Institutions and Democratic Politics and Political Violence - Robin Luckham, Anne Marie Goetz and Mary Kaldor2. The Politics of Institutional Design in the South African Transition - David Pottie and Shireen Hassim3. The Reformulation of Ugandan Democracy - James Katalikawe and Aaron Griffiths4. Ghana: The Political Economy of 'Successful' Ethno-Regional Conflict Management - E. Gyimah-Boadi5. The Politics of Institutional Design: An Overview of the Case of Sri Lanka - Radhika Coomaraswamy6. Proportional Representation, Political Violence and the Participation of Women in the Political Process in Sri Lanka - Kishali Pinto Jayawardena7. The Political Economy of Electoral Reform: Proportional Representation in Sri Lanka - Sunil Bastian8. Electoral Engineering and the Politicization of Ethnic Frictions in Fiji - Jon Fraenkel9. Building Democracy from the Outside: The Dayton Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Marcus Fox10. Managing Ethnic Conflicts: Democratic Decentralization in Bosnia-Hercegovina - Vesna Bojicic11. Conclusion: The Politics of Institutional Choice - Sunil Bastian and Robin Luckham