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Abstract
This article discusses using constitutional reform to reduce ethnic conflict in Guyana. I start by exploring the determinants of ethnic conflict. I next examine Guyana’s ethnopolitical history to determine what factors led to political alignment on ethnic lines and then evaluate the effect of the existing political institutions on ethnic conflict. I close with a discussion on constitutional reform in which I consider a mix of consociationalist, integrative, and power-constraining mechanisms that may be effective in reducing ethnic conflict in Guyana’s ethnopolitical circumstances.
European Journal of Law Reform |
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Article | Reducing Ethnic Conflict in Guyana through Political Reform |
Keywords | Guyana, race, ethnic conflict, political power, constitutional reform |
Authors | Nicola Pierre |
DOI | 10.5553/EJLR/138723702021023001002 |
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