Power Sharing: New Challenges For Divided Societies

by Donald L. Horowitz

It is widely assumed that internal power-sharing is a viable democratic means of managing inter-communal conflict in divided societies. In principle, this form of government enables communities that have conflicting identities to remedy longstanding patterns of discrimination and to co-exist peacefully. Key arguments in support of this view can be found in the highly influential works of Arend Lijphart and Donald Horowitz. Power Sharing seeks to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745322921
• ISBN13: 9780745322926
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"