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Ethnic inequality, the federal character principle, and the reform of Nigeria’s presidential federalism

The federal character principle is Nigeria’s primary formula for mitigating horizontal inequality and conflict in this chronically fractured society. Designed to guarantee inter-group inclusion in the conduct and composition of governmental...

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Consociational Settlements and Reconstruction

This paper examines Bosnia with some comparative insights from Northern Ireland. Both places were extremely fragile in the immediate aftermath of their brokered peace negotiations and consociational institutions, in Bosnia in 1995 and Northern...

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Resources, Conflict, and State Fragility

Part of Book Fragile States

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Consociational Settlements and Reconstruction

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States

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