Anderson, P (2024) Power-Sharing as a Tool of Conflict Management: The Experience of Northern Ireland and South Tyrol. In: Mathieu, F, Guénette, D and Gagnon, A-G, (eds.) Comparative Federalism: A Pluralist Exploration. Federalism and Internal Conflicts . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 165-183. ISBN 978-3-031-51092-2

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Abstract

In deeply divided societies, power-sharing is often promoted as a tool of conflict management to manage ethnonational tensions. These societies, which tend to be characterised by ethnic, linguistic and/or religious divisions, are often marked by periods of intrastate conflict and political instability, necessitating more imaginative thinking vis-à-vis the management of diversity and political institutions to enhance democratic stability. Drawing on the cases of Northern Ireland and South Tyrol – two examples of regional consociations in complex power-sharing systems – this chapter examines the experience of power-sharing as a tool of conflict management. The analysis highlights the efficacy of (regional) consociationalism as a diversity accommodation tool and argues that while power-sharing is not a panacea, it can prove a powerful and transformative tool for conflict management in divided places.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Humanities & Social Science
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2024 14:31
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2024 14:31
DOI or ID number:	10.1007/978-3-031-51093-9_9
Editors:	Mathieu, F, Guénette, D and Gagnon, A-G
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23751

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