Autonomy, Self Governance and Conflict Resolution: Innovative approaches to Institutional Design in Divided Societies [Hardcover]

Conflicts over the rights of self-defined population groups to determine their own destiny within the boundaries of existing states are among the most violent forms of inter-communal conflict.
Many experts agree that autonomy regimes are a useful framework within which competing claims to self-determination can be accommodated. This volume explores and analyses the different options available. The contributors assess the current state of the theory and practice of institutional design for the settlement of self-determination conflicts, and also compare and contrast detailed case studies on autonomous regimes in the former Yugoslavia, the Crimea, ?land, Northern Ireland, Latin America, Indonesia and Vietnam.This book focuses on the resolution of self-determined conflicts, in which self-defined population groups fight to determine their own destiny within the boundaries of existing states.'The volume is recommendable and very useful both as a textbook and as a reader for those scholars and practioners interested in issues related to autonomy and self-governance.' - Political Studies ReviewIntroduction1. Autonomy in Ethnically Plural Societies: Limits and Opportunities for Managing and Preventing Self-Determination Conflicts Stefan Wolff and Mark Weller2. The Model of Self-Governance and Regional Integration as an Instrument to Enhance Peace, Stability, and Prosperity Wolfgang Danspeckgruber3. Enforced Autonomy and Self-governance: The Post-Yugoslav Experience Marc Weller4. The Crimean Autonomy: Innovation or Anomaly? Bill Bowring5. The Status of Autonomous Territories in International Organizations: Experiences in Nordic and Continental European Co-operation6. Regional Consociations and the Criteria of Their Stability: Brussels, Northern Ireland and South Tyrol Compared Stefan Wolff7. Indigenous Peoples and State Transformation in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Autonomy Regimes Willem Assies8. Delc™