Approaches to the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict

The Strategy of Non-territorial Autonomy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6299709
AutoresJ Coakley (0000-0003-1442-9169, autor correspondente)
Ano1994
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas297-314
Data de publicação1994-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/019251219401500305
OpenAlexW2004520196
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas51
Referências citadas14

Given the essentially territorial nature of the state, it has sometimes been assumed that attempts to resolve ethnic conflict by devolving power to ethnic groups must follow territorial lines. The present article assesses an alternative, "non-territorial," approach that has had some limited success as a device for the resolution of ethnic conflict. The origins of this approach may be traced back to the traditions of certain pre-modern states. A more systematic scheme of non-territorial autonomy appropriate to the modern state was elaborated in Austria-Hungary during its last years, and some instances of its attempted application may be seen immediately before and after the First World War. In the contemporary world, elements of this approach have been present in efforts to resolve the problems of indigenous minorities and in systems of consociational government

Autonomy · Conflict resolution · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · European and International Law Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics