Power-sharing as an Instrument of Ethno-Political Conflicts Settlement

Authors

  • Евгения Вавилина / Evgenia Vavilina Perm State National Research University

Keywords:

ethno-political conflict, power-sharing, ethnic segment, political structure, ethnic heterogeneity, compromise

Abstract

Ethno-political conflicts are one of the main features of the contemporary world. One of the most common instruments of ethno-political conflicts settlement is so called «power-sharing». The article focuses on the study of the factors that facilitate the establishment of «power-sharing». The study is based on the original database that includes all ethno-political conflicts at the end of XX – beginning of XXI centuries over the world. Outputs of regression analysis allow making a conclusion that the most important factors are intensity of a conflict and ethnic structure of a societyDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2015-1-93-109

Author Biography

Евгения Вавилина / Evgenia Vavilina, Perm State National Research University

Graduate student

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Published

2018-11-15

How to Cite

Evgenia Vavilina Е. В. /. (2018). Power-sharing as an Instrument of Ethno-Political Conflicts Settlement. Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science, (1), 93–109. Retrieved from http://press.psu.ru/index.php/polit/article/view/1961