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Inclusion, Dispersion, and Constraint: Powersharing in the World’s States, 1975–2010

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  • Strøm, Kaare W.
  • Gates, Scott
  • Graham, Benjamin A.T.
  • Strand, Håvard

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Arrangements for sharing political power serve three purposes: to give all relevant groups access to important political decisions; to partition the policy process, thereby granting groups relevant autonomy; and to constrain holders of political power from abusing authority. A new global dataset of political power sharing institutions, 1975–2010, is introduced here, disaggregated these along three institutional dimensions: inclusive, dispersive, and constraining. Existing literature associates power sharing with democracy and civil conflict resolution. Unlike the existing literature, this dataset shows inclusive institutions are common in post-conflict states, though least strongly associated with electoral democracy. Conversely, constraining institutions, though comparatively rare in states with current or recent civil conflicts, are highly correlated with electoral democracy.

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  • Strøm, Kaare W. & Gates, Scott & Graham, Benjamin A.T. & Strand, Håvard, 2017. "Inclusion, Dispersion, and Constraint: Powersharing in the World’s States, 1975–2010," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(1), pages 165-185, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:47:y:2017:i:01:p:165-185_00
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    4. Paniagua, Victoria & Vogler, Jan P., 2022. "Economic elites and the constitutional design of sharing political power," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110926, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    5. William G Nomikos, 2021. "Why share? An analysis of the sources of post-conflict power-sharing," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 58(2), pages 248-262, March.
    6. Matthew J. Nanes, 2020. "Policing in divided societies: Officer inclusion, citizen cooperation, and crime prevention," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 37(5), pages 580-604, September.
    7. Victoria Paniagua & Jan P. Vogler, 2022. "Economic elites and the constitutional design of sharing political power," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 25-52, March.

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