Description
Book SynopsisDesigning Peace examines how institutional innovation impacts peace building in divided societies. Drawing on examples from Bosnia, South Africa, and Northern Ireland, the book demonstrates how institutional lessons from elsewhere could be applied to future negotiations in Cyprus and its broader region.
Trade Review"Cyprus is a crucial case showing both the promise and the pitfalls of power-sharing. Neophytos Loizides's book is a masterful analysis of all of its complexities and, by comparing it with several other important cases, shows how institutional innovations can contribute significantly to bringing peace to divided and conflict-prone societies." * Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego *
"In
Designing Peace, Neophytos Loizides advances compelling views on how careful institutional design can offer viable alternatives to the break-up of states in divided societies. The book provides an important comparative framework for those interested in understanding the Cyprus problem and a useful theoretical framework for understanding the range of options that divided societies can embrace in their quest for unity, including federalism and other alternatives where they are needed. For scholars and practitioners working in divided societies, the book is certain to become an important reference text." * Rupak Chattopadhyay, Forum of Federations *
"In
Designing Peace, Neophytos Loizides challenges conventional wisdom that negotiated partition is the only answer for the diplomat's graveyard that is Cyprus. Squarely and refreshingly prescriptive, Loizides argues emphatically that institutions matter and can help to overcome antagonistic and entrenched historical narratives. This book introduces a useful perspective for all those interested in the Cyprus problem and undertakes a comparative and theoretical analysis that will make it a key text for those interested in broad questions of conflict management and peace building." * John McGarry, Queens University, Ontario *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Institutional Innovations in Peace Processes
Chapter 1. A Federal Cyprus? Consociational Failures and Prospects
Chapter 2. The Region's Federal Movements: Why Did (post-)Ottoman States Fail in Sharing Power
Chapter 3. Innovations in Power-Sharing: The Northern Irish d'Hondt
Chapter 4. The Way Home: Linkages, Reciprocity, and Lessons from Bosnia
Chapter 5. Mandate Peace Referendums: A South African Innovation
Chapter 6. "Stalemate Theory": A Humanitarian Breakthrough in Cyprus
Chapter 7. Europeanization and Hydrocarbons: Alternative Scenario Planning in the Levant
Conclusion: Can Divided Societies Learn from Each Other?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
