Description
Book SynopsisBased on interviews with power-sharing executives and external actors in Bosnia, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland, this in-depth study explores the challenges of promoting cooperation and accommodation between elites representing contending groups in deeply divided places.
Trade Review"This innovative, nuanced study of power sharing is the first to focus on institutional rules. It is a well-researched and well-written text, which will be worthwhile reading for undergraduates, graduates, and professors alike." * John McGarry, Queen's University, Canada *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Power Sharing, Institutional Design, and External Actors
PART I. NORTHERN IRELAND
Chapter 2. The Sunningdale Executive: Lessons from Failed Power Sharing
Chapter 3. The Good Friday Agreement 1998: An Inclusive Coalition
Chapter 4. The 2007-11 Executive: A New Era in Northern Ireland Politics?
PART II. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Chapter 5. Power-Sharing Stalemate in Post-Dayton Bosnia
Chapter 6. From Dayton to Brussels?
PART III. MACEDONIA
Chapter 7. Macedonia: From Independence to the Ohrid Framework Agreement
Chapter 8. Toward a Binational Macedonia?
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
