As the introduction to the special issue titled Democratisation in Divided Places: Designing
Power-Sharing Institutions for Broad Inclusion, this article situates the themes, issues, and …

Power sharing is largely accepted among scholars and policy-makers as a potentially
effective mechanism for building peace in the aftermath of violent ethnic conflicts and self …

In the two decades since signing, the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) continues to generate
acrimonious debate over whether it has brought about sustainable peace or fomented weak …

How can areas of potential agreement be identified and endorsed by citizens in protracted
conflicts? In an effort to answer this question, the article introduces a conjoint experiment …

Civic political parties in divided societies occupy an ambiguous place in the power-sharing
literature. Scholarship tends to focus on ethnic parties and assumes civic actors to be …

Veto power is a key institutional pillar of consociational power-sharing. However, the
literature is divided on its impact for institutional functionality. While the founding father of …

This article focuses on power-sharing's 'exit dilemma'. While power-sharing may be a
necessary transitional device to manage deep divisions, it also allegedly obstructs the long …

The study of diasporas in international politics concentrates on migrants and their
descendants in liberal democratic host countries; however, diasporas in non-democratic …

This article addresses power-sharing constitutions that include powers of veto wielded by
discrete ethnonational groups. Such constitutional arrangements–seen, for example, in …

The issue of sexuality and human rights has generated increasing international attention in
recent years. This is particularly the case in societies emerging from chronic ethnonationalist …