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The Politics of Constitutional Design in Divided Societies: The Case of Kosovo
This article discusses the politics of constitutional design in Kosovo as a means of softening societal cleavages. The article maps out the problem of societal cleavages in Kosovo, and explains their origins and implications for the state-building ...
Fisnik Korenica, Dren Doli
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In the 1960s, consociational theory was developed to explain how deeply divided societies can arrive at peace. The theory had, on the one hand, an institutional component with an emphasis on power-sharing institutions and, on the other, a cultural ...
Jürg Steiner, Maria-Clara Jaramillo
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State, Institutions and Governance in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine Abdelhadi Alijla Why do certain divided societies lack trust between their members more than others? Why are divided societies more prone to the collapse of social trusts than others?
Orient-Institut Beirut
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Practical Theology in the Islamic Society [PDF]
Practical theology is part of the reflections of Christian theologians that have emerged in the last two centuries especially in the wake of Schleiermacher's works.
Ali Ardeshir Larijani
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Post-conflict societies which have achieved a cessation of violence and embarked on a political conflict transformation process cannot in the long-term avoid a process of dealing with the past.
Marcel M. Baumann
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In this article I argue that because of its emphasis on the use of reason, the Jafari Islamic school of thought is not only compatible with, but even promotes certain forms of deliberative democracy. I particularly focus on how this characteristic offers
Nicolas Pirsoul
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Constitution-Making for Divided Societies: Afghanistan
This chapter begins by surveying the current literature on constitutional design constitutions for divided societies and constitutional approaches to power sharing.
Shamshad Pasarlay +3 more
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Deliberation across deep divisions: Transformative moments [PDF]
In group discussions of any kind there tends to be an up and down in the level of deliberation. To capture this dynamic we coined the concept of Deliberative Transformative Moments (DTM). In deeply divided societies deliberation is particularly important
Jaramillo Clara Maria +3 more
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Designing Peace: Cyprus and Institutional Innovations in Divided Societies [PDF]
Why do some societies choose to adopt federal settlements in the face of acute ethnic conflict, while others do not? Neophytos Loizides examines how acrimoniously divided Cyprus could re-unify by adopting a federal and consociational arrangement ...
Loizides, Neophytos
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