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.
Author(s): Brancati, Dawn
Source(s): , International organization; 60 p. 651-685, ill., graphs, tabs International organization 60
Published: 2006 Cambridge university press], [Cambridge, MA (English
ISBN/ISSN: [0020-8183]/
Link: http://brancati.wustl.edu/Brancati_IO_Decentralization.pdf
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