Title: Decentralization and ethnic conflict : the role of empowerment

Authors: Tranchant, Jean-Pierre

Place: Munich

Publisher: Munich personal RePEc archive (MPRA)

Year: 2007

Journal: MPRA paper

Volume: 3713

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, ethnic conflict, minorities, empowerment

Abstract: This paper builds a model of decentralization as an empowerment mechanism. It discusses under what conditions decentralization could promote peace and how it can be ensured that local minorities are not being harmed by the decentralization process.

URL: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3713/1/MPRA_paper_3713.pdf

Document type: E-article