Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa : : Preventing Civil War Through Institutional Design / / ed. by Alan J. Kuperman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015
• MitwirkendeR: Frosini, Justin Orlando,; Khadiagala, Gilbert M.,; Kuperman, Alan J.,; Kupferberg, Karly,; Osaghae, Eghosa E.,; Poupko, Eli,; Reynolds, Andrew,; Reyntjens, Filip,; Tall, Arame,; Thomas-Lake, Hillary,; Wolff, Stefan,; Zartman, I. William,
• HerausgeberIn: Kuperman, Alan J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 22 illus.

Each of Africa's countries has a different constitutional design, is characterized by a unique culture and history, and faces different stresses that threaten to undermine political stability. Presenting the first database of constitutional design in all African countries, along with seven orig...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• 1. Designing Constitutions to Reduce Domestic Conflict
• ACCOMMODATION IS RISKY
• 2. Burundi: Institutionalizing Ethnicity to Bridge the Ethnic Divide
• 3. Kenya: Gradual Pluralization Fails to Buffer Shocks
• 4. Nigeria: Devolution to Mitigate Conflict in the Niger Delta
• 5. Sudan: "Successful" Constitutional Reform Spurs Localized Violence
• INTEGRATION CAN WORK
• 6. Ghana: The Complements of Successful Centralization: Checks, Balances, and Informal Accommodation
• 7. Senegal: The Limits of Hyper- Centralization
• 8. Zimbabwe: The Unintended Consequences of Authoritarian Institutions
• APPLYING THE LESSONS
• 9. Africa's Domestic Institutions of Integration and Accommodation: A New Database
• 10. Rethinking Constitutional Reform for Democracy and Stability
• Notes
• List of Contributors
• Index
• Acknowledgments