Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace
The emphasis on constitutional political economy has been that new rules and institutions can be devised that improve the welfare of a society. Given the number of societies that are infected with political conflict and, as a result, lower levels o...
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okr-10986-70042021-04-23T14:02:33Z Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace Jennings, Colin CIVIL WARS COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COSTS OF CONFLICT CRIME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DEFENSE GROUP LEADERS GROUP MEMBERS IDEAS JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION LEADERSHIP MIDDLE EASTERN ORGANIZED CRIME PEACE PEACE RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POST-CONFLICT REBELLION RECONCILIATION SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIETY TRANSACTION COSTS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR The emphasis on constitutional political economy has been that new rules and institutions can be devised that improve the welfare of a society. Given the number of societies that are infected with political conflict and, as a result, lower levels of welfare, this paper attempts to analyze why we do not see more constitutional conventions aimed at eliminating conflict. The key idea is that expressively motivated group members may create incentives for instrumentally motivated group leaders such that it leads them to choose conflict rather than compromise. Nonetheless, it is not argued that such a peace is impossible to obtain. This leads to a further question, that if such a constitutional agreement could be found, would the expressive perspective alter the conventional instrumental perspective on the sort of constitutional reform that should be undertaken? 2012-06-04T17:28:37Z 2012-06-04T17:28:37Z 2007-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7524347/political-leadership-conflict-prospects-constitutional-peace http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7004 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4196 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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CIVIL WARS COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COSTS OF CONFLICT CRIME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DEFENSE GROUP LEADERS GROUP MEMBERS IDEAS JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION LEADERSHIP MIDDLE EASTERN ORGANIZED CRIME PEACE PEACE RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POST-CONFLICT REBELLION RECONCILIATION SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIETY TRANSACTION COSTS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR |
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CIVIL WARS COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM COSTS OF CONFLICT CRIME CRIMINAL ACTIVITY DEFENSE GROUP LEADERS GROUP MEMBERS IDEAS JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION LEADERSHIP MIDDLE EASTERN ORGANIZED CRIME PEACE PEACE RESEARCH POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POST-CONFLICT REBELLION RECONCILIATION SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIETY TRANSACTION COSTS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR Jennings, Colin Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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The emphasis on constitutional political
economy has been that new rules and institutions can be
devised that improve the welfare of a society. Given the
number of societies that are infected with political
conflict and, as a result, lower levels of welfare, this
paper attempts to analyze why we do not see more
constitutional conventions aimed at eliminating conflict.
The key idea is that expressively motivated group members
may create incentives for instrumentally motivated group
leaders such that it leads them to choose conflict rather
than compromise. Nonetheless, it is not argued that such a
peace is impossible to obtain. This leads to a further
question, that if such a constitutional agreement could be
found, would the expressive perspective alter the
conventional instrumental perspective on the sort of
constitutional reform that should be undertaken? |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Jennings, Colin |
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Jennings, Colin |
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Jennings, Colin |
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Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace |
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political leadership, conflict, and the prospects for constitutional peace |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7524347/political-leadership-conflict-prospects-constitutional-peace http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7004 |
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