Title:
Decentralization : fueling the fire or dampening the flames of ethnic conflict and secessionism?
Authors:
Brancati, Dawn
Place:
[Cambridge, MA
Publisher:
Cambridge university press]
Year:
2006
Journal:
International organization
Volume:
60
PAGE:
651--685
Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
democracy, conflict, political conditions, governance, ethnic and racial groups, decentralization in government
Abstract:
This paper uses statistical analysis of 23 democracies from 1990 to 2000 to show that decentralization decreases ethnic conflict directly by giving groups control over their own affairs, but that it increases ethnic conflict indirectly by encouraging the growth of regional parties.
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/decentralization-fueling-the-fire-or-dampening-the-flames-of-ethnic-conflict-and-secessionism/0E2B23141C4497BD1A9EF9C27602575E
Document type:
E-article