Politics in Deeply Divided Societies 1. Edition March 2012 2012.
184 Pages, Softcover ISBN 978-0-7456-4850-7 - John Wiley & Sons
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known E-Book shops. The establishment of durable, democratic
institutions constitutes one of the major challenges of our age.
As countless contemporary examples have shown, it requires far
more than simply the holding of free elections. The
consolidation of a legitimate constitutional order is difficult
to achieve in any society, but it is especially problematic in
societies with deep social cleavages. This book provides an
authoritative and systematic analysis of the politics of so-
called 'deeply divided societies' in the post Cold War era. From
Bosnia to South Africa, Northern Ireland to Iraq, it explains
why such places are so prone to political violence, and
demonstrates why - even in times of peace - the fear of violence
continues to shape attitudes, entrenching divisions in societies
that already lack consensus on