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Peace By Design by Dawn Brancati, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Dawn Brancati

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Peace By Design by Dawn Brancati, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Peace By Design by Dawn Brancati, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Peace By Design by Dawn Brancati, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Why does political decentralization seem to reduce intrastate conflict more in some countries than in others? This question constitutes the central focus of Peace by Design. Brancati argues that the ability of decentralization to reduce intrastate conflict hinges on the electoral strength ofregional parties. According to Brancati, regional parties tend to promote intrastate conflict by creating regional identities, advocating legislation harmful to other regions and regional minorities, and mobilizing groups to engage in conflict or supporting extremist organizations that do. Brancatialso highlights a number of conditions under which regional parties are more likely to promote conflict, such as democratic transitions. Brancati further argues that decentralization increases the strength of regional parties depending on particular features of decentralization (i. e., the proportion of legislative seats a region possesses, the number of regional legislatures in a country, the upper house election procedures, thesequencing of national and regional elections). These features of decentralization vary across countries and are fundamental to explaining why decentralization is not effective in reducing conflict in all countries. Brancati's ultimate conclusion is that decentralization can be effectively designed to promote peace, as long as it is designed to encourage statewide parties to incorporate regional parties into their agendas and to limit the strength of regional parties. The author provides compelling evidence forher argument through three detailed cases studies (e. g., Czechoslovakia, Spain, and India) and a rigorous quantitative analysis in which she introduces a new dataset on constituency-level elections that will prove an invaluable resource for many future studies. | Peace By Design by Dawn Brancati, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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