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Free And Fair Elections, Violence And Conflict, Muna Ndulo, Sara Lulo
Free And Fair Elections, Violence And Conflict, Muna Ndulo, Sara Lulo
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Elections are a defining characteristic of democracy, and thus form an integral part of the democratization process. Over the past decade, electoral systems and processes have become a centerpiece of UN peacekeeping missions and post-conflict democratization projects undertaken by intergovernmental organizations and donor agencies such as World Bank and USAID. The emphasis on elections as an element of UN peacekeeping missions is linked to a shift in focus to state rebuilding (or state creation, as was the case in East Timor). Elections thus provide a means for “jump-starting a new, post-conflict political order; for stimulating the development of democratic politics; …
The European Constitution And Its Implications For China, Xingzhong Yu
The European Constitution And Its Implications For China, Xingzhong Yu
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The European Constitution is significant not only for the European Union, but also for a developing constitutional system like that of China. The EU constitutional practice may have positive implications on China's constitutional theory and practice. In the wake of the European constitutional achievement, Chinese constitutional scholars need to re-examine their long-held conviction in the indispensable role of the state in constitutional formation and imagination. The EU experience may have provided China with valuable insights and ways to deal with its inherited ethnic problems and improve its institutions on regional autonomy for ethnic minorities. China's own constitutional experiment in Hong …
Afghanistan: Prospects For Peace And Democratic Governance And The War On Terrorism, Muna Ndulo
Afghanistan: Prospects For Peace And Democratic Governance And The War On Terrorism, Muna Ndulo
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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