ISBN10: 0812246586, ISBN13: 9780812246582, [publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Pennsylvania] Hardcover Hardcover. Each of Africa's countries has a different constitutional design, is characterized by a unique culture and history, and faces different stresses that threaten to undermine political stability. Presenting the first database of constitutional design in all African countries, along with seven original case studies, Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa explores the types of domestic political institutions that can buffer societies from destabilizing changes that otherwise increase the risk of violence.With detailed comparative studies of Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, contributing scholars identify key turning points at which a state's political institutions either mitigated or escalated the effects of economic, environmental, demographic, and political shocks. They find that stability can be promoted by various constitutional designs-not only by accommodative institutions that encourage decentralization and multiculturalism, but also by the integrative, centralized designs that characterize the constitutions of most African countries. The greatest danger may arise from partial or inequitable accommodation that can exacerbate societal tensions, culminating in violence up to and including civil war and genocide. Accordingly, Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa cautions against the ...

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Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn) 2015 Hard Fine in Fine jacket 8vo. The lightest of storage wear, else fine, looks unread.

University of Pennsylvania Press 2015 Hardcover HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.

ISBN10: 0812246586, ISBN13: 9780812246582, [publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing; review copy with the publisher's review slip laid in at the front. Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows just a little light wear. 294pp.
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn), Date: 2015. The lightest of storage wear, else fine, looks unread.. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 2015. University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn) ISBN 0812246586 9780812246582 [GB]