Conflict Management and Mismanagement
in Federal Systems
Democratic Federalism – An Intensive Course offered to Iraqi University
Faculty by the Forum of Federations – Amman, June 18 to July 5, 2007
Outline
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Centralised states and plural societies
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Cooperation in the shadow of violence
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Democracy, authoritarianism and the management of
grievances
Conflicts and violent breakdown
Building trust
Unity and diversity
Ties that bind
Neighbourhood effects
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Regional economies
Regional security complexes
States and plural societies
Democracy, authoritarianism and the management of grievances
2003 map of all groups that experienced discrimination
www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/persecution.asp#discrimination
States and plural societies
Democracy, authoritarianism and the management of grievances
2003 map of all groups that experienced repression
www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/persecution.asp#discrimination
Centralised states and plural societies
Conflicts and violent breakdown
BBC programme: One day of war, monitors armed conflicts around the world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/this_world/one_day_of_war/clickable_map/html/introduction.stm
Cooperation in the shadow of violence
The problem of building trust
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The impact of violence
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The fragility of peace agreements
Security concerns and the commitment problem
The prospect of federalism
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A tool to build trust?
Cooperation in the shadow of violence
The imperatives of unity and diversity
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Federations and rights protection
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Territorial autonomy
Personal / cultural autonomy
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Federations and the reconciliation of seemingly
competing objectives
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Federations, a first step to full sovereignty?
Cooperation in the shadow of violence
The ties that bind
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Creating national identities
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Creating mutual interests
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Inclusive of all groups
Compatible with other identities
Confidence-building measures
Promoting stability
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Renewing the social contract
Neighbourhood effects
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Particularly important in stabilizing/destabilizing
countries that have experienced recent violence
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Regional war / peace economies
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Regional security / insecurity complexes