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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Divided Societies"”.
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Divided Schools and Divided Societies: Ethnic Saliency, Socialization, and Attitudes among High School Seniors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This dissertation explores the role of schools, families, and other-group contact on ethnic saliency and student attitudes towards outside groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) via statistical analysis. It was found that families, via familial example, have a statistically significant (p < 0.001) …
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Ethnic Composition of Constitutional Courts in Ethnically Divided Societies: the cases of the Republic of Cyprus and Bosnia-Herzegovina
… of constitutional courts in ethnically divided societies by reference to consociational democracy. It seeks to contribute to the literature on consociational democracy and judicial diversity by examining how the consociational principle of representation may be used to inform the …
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Ballot box and tinder box : can electoral engineering save multiethnic democracy?
… the structure of political parties in ethnically divided societies and if so how? The academic debate on electoral design for divided societies has focused on the impact of institutional choices on ultimate conflict outcomes. The findings of previous studies have been generally inconclusive, while …
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Democratic Speech in Divided Times
… considerations from the public deliberation of divided societies. To offset these exclusionary tendencies, I argue that public deliberation should give a greater role to emotionally-charged forms of speech, such as narrative (Chapter 2). Now, this last suggestion might seem overly inclusive, by …
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Ethnic fractionalization and Sub-Saharan violence, 1970-1996.
… of dichotomous top-tier cleavages in deeply divided societies, general ethnic fractionalization and nested ethnic sub-grouping. The study finds that the majority of the categories of violence used are not correlated with ethnic fractionalization, neither prior to nor after controlling for …
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Last Out of Beirut Turn off the Light - A Chronicle of Beirut Through its Public Spaces
… research. Many scholars have designated it as a “divided” city after fifteen years of Civil War (1975-1990). I view my hometown in a different light, where the population might finally be beginning to resist the dominant hegemony. I research public space in Beirut post-war, and how they either …
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Exploring History Education in Primary Schools and its Impact on Students’ Attitudes Toward Other Ethnic Groups in Divided Communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina
… role in shaping historical consciousness within divided societies. The research topic is justified by recognizing the fluidity of historical facts influenced by biases and ideologies, emphasizing the need to scrutinize sources and potential biases for a more comprehensive understanding of …
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Contention under Consociationalism: The Selection of Strategies by Postethnic Protest Movements in Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina
For decades, divided societies have been approached as testing grounds for conflict management strategies, with a primary focus on the effectiveness of power-sharing agreements and their potential to foster peace. However, the growing mobilization around non-ethnic issues has redirected attention …
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Engineering the immobilization of ethnic parties in Sub-Saharan Africa : the enforcement and effect of particularistic party bans
… beneficial to the consolidation of democracy in divided societies. More important are the political and social contexts of a nation which either reinforce non particularistic politics or undermine it.
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Using institutions to moderate separatist tendencies : a focus on Iraqi Kurdistan
… the design of political institutions for deeply-divided societies. The engineering of institutions has the capacity to contain separatist conflict by striking at what I argue are the two necessary cause of secessionism - desire and ability. In my thesis I focus on one case study in particular, …
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Beyond Procedural Justice: Responding to intergroup-level authority decisions
… of the RMPJ and the implications for governing divided societies. <br/>
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The contribution of African Theological Voices, including Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, Aquiline Tarimo and Desmond Mpilo Tutu to a renewed Theology of Peacebuilding.
… of democratization and peace-building in divided societies.”For Sixtus Njoku, “The active collaboration of all peoples who share a similar vision for peace and harmony in a pluralistic society like Nigeria is the only way to peaceful co-existence.”This thesis in the first place, will …
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Bridging the divide : the role of sport events in contributing to social development between disparate communities
… and sustainable social development within divided societies. The social psychological study of intergroup relations forms the theoretical basis for the analysis of social identities and group categorisation processes at intercommunity sport events. The research conducted on socio-cultural …
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Paradiplomacy and Protodiplomacy in World Practice: A Comparative Case Study of Conflict and International Development in Quebec, Catalonia and Kurdistan
… international development and conflict in divided societies, this study argues that progressive power-sharing yields superior outcomes compared to rigid centralized systems of state-power. Solid evidence shows how SEs have diverse enhanced roles of building capacity, resilience, and …
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The news media representation of female ex-combatants in Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka
… representations of female ex-combatants in the divided societies of Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka from 2009 until 2015. The news media communicate information which is used by news consumers to construct their versions of reality, thus news media characterisation is a crucial component of study …
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Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples' land claims: argumentative dynamics and jurisprudential approach in the Americas
The present study is divided in two differentiable but conceptually interrelated sections. Within the first section (Chapters I, II, and III), the focus is on the assessment of the argumentative logic behind the multiculturalist proposal for equally divided societies, among equally positioned …
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Power sharing in Northern Ireland: design, operation and proposals 1999-2006
… consociationalists maintain that democracy in divided societies can be developed via a ‘grand coalition’ and segmental autonomy, ‘integrationists’ argue for institutions that break down antagonisms and promote contact. The thesis considers the optimal executive design for Northern Ireland. It …
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Communicating Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding: How does storytelling challenge the meta-conflict in Northern Ireland?
… may exacerbate existing cleavages in divided societies. Storytelling includes a range of approaches that allow people to express and listen to stories related to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland. This can take various forms; it may involve community led oral history projects, …
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Federalism as an institutional device for peace in Somalia: prospects and challenges
… as a tool for conflict resolution. Scholars are divided, however, about the potential of federalism to manage conflict. Some argue that it can accommodate the aspirations of both national and regional actors. Others see it as a road to conflict or state disintegration. The debate over the pros …
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Peace from the people? Identity, community and gender in peacebuilding in Plateau State Nigeria.
… conflict and peacebuilding in deeply divided societies. It argues for a shift from state-centric approaches to those that are responsive to local realities, inclusive of marginalised voices, and attentive to the everyday dynamics through which both violence and peace are produced.
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