Integration or accommodation? The enduring debate in conflict regulation

Constitutional Design for Divided Societies: Integration or Accommodation?

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 41-88

  McGarry, John ^a   O'Leary, Brendan ^b   Simeon, Richard ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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