Territorial Self-Government as a Conflict Management Tool

• Main Author: Walsh, Dawn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Federalism and Internal Conflicts
• Subjects: Political science.; Europe-Politics and government.; Peace.; Governance and Government.; European Politics.; Conflict Studies.; Peace Studies.

This book provides an in-depth narrative of the difficulties facing Territorial Self-Government institutions across Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, and Iraq. It brings together analyses of both prominent and lesser known cases to provide a broad overview...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Guaranteeing territorial self-government as a conflict management tool
• Northern Ireland: Autonomy as a conflict management tool in a stable state, ethnonational guarantors, and low-level international assistance
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ethnic entities in a multi-ethnic state? Instability and disputed interpretations of the state
• Macedonia: Enhanced local government and ethnic conflict
• Moldova: Weak autonomy, central government neglect, and mixed international impact
• Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan, unresolved issues, and changing international priorities
• Conclusion.