Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places

Table of Contents

. Hodgson C O N T E N T S 1. Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places: An Advocate’s Introduction Brendan O’Leary 1 PART I. POWER SHARING AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS 2. Electoral Rules and Ethnic Representation and Accommodation: Combining Social Choice and Electoral System Perspectives Bernard Grofman 67 3. The Track Record of Centripetalism in Deeply Divided Places Allison McCulloch 94 4. Electoral Engineering for a Stalled Federation Kris Deschouwer and Philippe Van Parijs 112 PART II. HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FORAYS INTO POWER SHARING 5. A Theory of Accommodation Versus Conflict: With Special Reference to the Israel-Palestine Conflict Ronald Wintrobe 135 6. The Success of Religion as a Source for Compromise in Divided Empires: Ottoman and Safavid, Past and Present Benjamin Braude 176 vi Contents 7. Geopolitics and the Long-Term Construction of Democracy Randall Collins 198 8. Courts, Constitutions, and the Limits of Majoritarianism Samuel Issacharoff 214 PART III. CONTEMPORARY POWERSHARING QUESTIONS 9. A Revised Theory of Federacy and a Case Study of Civil War Termination in Aceh, Indonesia Alfred Stepan 231 10. We Forbid! The Mutual Veto and Power-Sharing Democracy Joanne McEvoy 253 11. Northern Ireland: Power Sharing, Contact, Identity, and Leadership Ed Cairns 278 12. Public Opinion and Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places Colin Irwin 295 13. The Balkans: The Promotion of Power Sharing by Outsiders Florian Bieber 312 14. Governing Polarized Cities Scott A. Bollens 327 15. Power Sharing in Kirkuk: The Need for Compromise Liam Anderson 364 16. Power Sharing: An Advocate’s Conclusion Brendan O’Leary 386 List of Contributors 423 Index 425 Acknowledgments 437 ...