Published in Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts (ed. by Marc Weller and Katherine Nobbs,...
Book Chapters
Consociationalism, Power Sharing, and Politics at the Center
Published in The International Studies Encyclopedia in 2010, this chapter outlines the main features of...
Complex Power Sharing as Conflict Resolution: South Tyrol in Comparative Perspective
Published in Tolerance through Law: Self-governance and Group Rights in South Tyrol (edited by Jens Woelk, Francesco...
Electoral Systems Design in Power-sharing Regimes
Published in Power Sharing: New Challenges for Divided Societies (ed. by Ian O'Flynn and David Russell, Pluto Press, 2006), this chapter focuses on electoral systems design as a key mechanism in the broader institutional design approach to the resolution of conflict...
Between Stability and Collapse: Internal and External Dynamics of Post-agreement Institution-building in Northern Ireland
Published as a contribution to From Powersharing to Democracy: Post-conflict Institutions in Ethnically Divided Societies (ed. by Sid Noel, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005), this chapter argues that, while far from perfect, power sharing is the only viable...
Ethnic Germans as a Language Minority in Central and Eastern Europe
Co-authored with Karl Cordell and published in Minority Languages in Europe: Framework, Status, Prospects (co-ed. with Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, Palgrave, 2003/paperback 2010), this chapter examines the legislative and policy frameworks in three Central and Eastern...
The Limits of Non-military International Intervention: A Case Study of Kosovo
Published in Understanding the War in Kosovo (ed. by Florian Bieber and Zhidas Daskalovski, 2003), this chapter argues that the difficulties the international community was experiencing in formulating and implementing a consistent and effective policy approach towards...
Conflict Management in Northern Ireland
Published in the UNESCO Diversities (vol. 4, no. 1, 2002) and subsequently re-printed in Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies (ed. by Matthias Koenig and Paul de Guchteneire, Routledge, 2007), this essay analyses the different policies employed by the...
From Irredentism to Constructive Reconciliation: Ethnic German Minorities and Germany’s Relationship with Poland and the Czech Republic since 1990
Subsequently published in Language, Ethnicity and the State (ed. by Camille O'Reilly, Palgrave, 2001), this chapter traces the origins of the problems facing Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic today and analyses their impact on, and relevance for, the current and...