1st Edition

Segment States in the Developing World Conflict's Cause or Cure?

Edited By Matthew Hoddie, Caroline Hartzell Copyright 2014
120 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers the relationship between territorial autonomy arrangements and ethnic conflict. As a means of ethnic conflict management, autonomy arrangements enjoy wide support among policymakers and academics. Countries ranging from the Sudan, the Philippines, and Britain have in recent years each experimented with the establishment of autonomy arrangements as a means of promoting peaceful... Read more

1. Introduction: Segment States in the Developing World Matthew Hoddie

2. India’s Stabilising Segment States Bethany Lacina

3. Nation-State Crises in the Presence and Absence of Segment States: The Case of Nicaragua Caroline A. Hartzell

4. Why Federalism Did Not Lead to Secession in Cameroon Andreas Mehler

5. Tibet and the Segment State Hypothesis Matthew Hoddie

6. Secessionism, Institutions, and Change Philip G. Roeder

Biography

Matthew Hoddie is associate professor of political science at Towson University. He is a co-author of Crafting Peace: Power-Sharing Institutions and the Negotiated Settlement of Civil Wars and co-editor of Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States: Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders.

Caroline Hartzell is professor of political science at Gettysburg College. She is a co-author of Crafting Peace: Power-Sharing Institutions and the Negotiated Settlement of Civil Wars and co-editor of Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States: Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders.