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By Kristin M. Bakke

there's no one-size-fits-all decentralized repair to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states. one of many hotly debated coverage prescriptions for states dealing with self-determination calls for is a few kind of decentralized governance - together with local autonomy preparations and federalism - which provides minority teams a level of self-rule. but the song checklist of latest decentralized states means that those have commonly divergent potential to include conflicts inside their borders. via in-depth case reviews of Chechnya, Punjab and Québec, in addition to a statistical cross-country research, this e-book argues that whereas coverage, monetary technique, and political decentralization can, certainly, be peace-preserving now and then, the results of those associations are conditioned through characteristics of the societies they (are intended to) govern. Decentralization may also help safeguard peace in a single nation or in a single quarter, however it can have simply the other impression in a rustic or quarter with varied ethnic and fiscal characteristics.

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