Power-sharing

  • 2010 | Author: N.Töpperwien (State Concepts) with the Mediation Support Project (swisspeace/CSS ETH-Zurich) and in consultation with the Mediation Support Unit, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations

    Decentralization, Special Territorial Autonomy, and Peace Negotiations

    This paper provides an introduction to decentralization and special territorial autonomy for mediators. It presents the conflict resolution potential and risks of these options. The paper also outlines some of the key elements of negotiation, discusses when and why decentralization and special autonomy arrangements should be considered in peace negotiations and presents key options on how to address them in peace processes. It also contains key questions for mediators to consider before, during and after a peace process. 

  • 2009 | Author: M.Mezzera, M.Pavicic, L.Specker (Clingendael Institute)

    Governance Components in Peace Agreements: Fundamental Elements of State and Peace Building?

    The attention of this study is devoted to both the designing and the implementation phases of peace agreements, in an attempt to deduct whether certain governance components can be regarded as essential elements in the reconstruction of stable post-conflict societies, and thus in conducing to sustainable peace, or, on the contrary, whether they play a functional role in the resurgence of violent competition and conflict. The study identifies the kind of governance components that have been built in peace agreements and analyses the relations between the inclusion or exclusion of these governance components in the agreements, and the outcome of the medium and long-term democratization processes following those agreements. 

  • 2009 | Author: N.Töpperwien (State Concepts) with the Mediation Support Project (swisspeace/CSS ETH-Zurich) and in consultation with the Mediation Support Unit, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations

    Federalism and Peace Mediation

    This paper provides a basic introduction to federalism for mediators. It describes the conceptual framework and the outlines some of the options for mediators and how to address these issues in peace processes. It also contains key questions for mediators to consider before, during and after a peace process.

  • 1998 | Author: International IDEA

    Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators (Chapter 4: Democratic Levers for Conflict Management)

    This chapter of the Handbook ‘Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict’ addresses the need to inform political actors about the options available in terms of democratic institutions. It outlines the way in which basic institutions and policies can be purposely designed to maximize the prospects of democracy taking root in post-conflict societies. The paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the following constitutional and policy levers: power-sharing, the structure of the state (federalism and autonomy) and executive type (presidentialism versus parliamentarism).

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