Can Democracy be Designed?: The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-Torn Societies

Can Democracy be Designed?: The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-Torn Societies
ISBN-10
1842771515
ISBN-13
9781842771518
Category
Political Science
Pages
356
Language
English
Published
2003-06
Publisher
Zed Books
Authors
Robin Luckham, Anne Marie Goetz, Sunil Bastian

Description

Constitution drafting has always been undertaken with explicit political purposes in mind. But the process has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts seek to negotiate institutions that will foster stability and order on a democratic basis in countries torn by violent conflict. The extended research investigation out of which this book has grown has ranged across three continents and has examined such apparently intractable cases as Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sri Lanka and Fiji, as well as apparent success stories like South Africa and Uganda.

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