10. Rethinking Constitutional Reform for Democracy and Stability

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. 1. Designing Constitutions to Reduce Domestic Conflict 1
4. ACCOMMODATION IS RISKY
5. 2. Burundi: Institutionalizing Ethnicity to Bridge the Ethnic Divide 27
6. 3. Kenya: Gradual Pluralization Fails to Buffer Shocks 51
7. 4. Nigeria: Devolution to Mitigate Conflict in the Niger Delta 71
8. 5. Sudan: “Successful” Constitutional Reform Spurs Localized Violence 96
9. INTEGRATION CAN WORK
10. 6. Ghana: The Complements of Successful Centralization: Checks, Balances, and Informal Accommodation 117
11. 7. Senegal: The Limits of Hyper- Centralization 135
12. 8. Zimbabwe: The Unintended Consequences of Authoritarian Institutions 158
13. APPLYING THE LESSONS
14. 9. Africa’s Domestic Institutions of Integration and Accommodation: A New Database 183
15. 10. Rethinking Constitutional Reform for Democracy and Stability 226
16. Notes 237
17. List of Contributors 273
18. Index 275
19. Acknowledgments 293