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" If one wants to change the nature of a particular democracy, the electoral system is likely to be the most suitable and effective instrument for doing... "
Half-Hearted Reform: Electoral Institutions and the Struggle for Democracy ...
by Dwight King - 2003 - 240 pages
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Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on International Conflict Resolution, Andrew Reynolds, Ben Reilly - 1999 - 73 pages
...constitutional engineering to be used in mitigating conflict within divided societies. As Lijphart notes, "If one wants to change the nature of a particular...the most suitable and effective instrument for doing so" (1995a:412). Nevertheless, the fact that electoral system design has not proved to be a panacea...
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Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management

Ben Reilly - 2001 - 236 pages
...formulation is now widely accepted: Lijphart, for example, reflects the scholarly consensus when he writes 'if one wants to change the nature of a particular...the most suitable and effective instrument for doing so'(1995a, 412). There are many ways of studying elections and electoral systems. At the most basic...
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Recovering from Civil Conflict: Reconciliation, Peace, and Development

Edward Newman, Albrecht Schnabel - 2002 - 248 pages
...constitutional engineering to be used in mitigating conflict within divided societies. As Arend Lijphart notes, 'If one wants to change the nature of a particular...the most suitable and effective instrument for doing so'.4 As well as their suitability for engineering, electoral rules also serve to structure the arena...
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Recovering from Civil Conflict: Reconciliation, Peace, and Development

Edward Newman, Albrecht Schnabel - 2002 - 244 pages
...engineering to be used in mitigating conflict within divided societies. As Arend Lijphart notes, 'lf one wants to change the nature of a particular democracy,...the most suitable and effective instrument for doing so'.' As well as their suitability for engineering, electoral rules also serve to structure the arena...
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