Through case studies of India and Nigeria, the dissertation examines the capacity of federal governance to promote national unity in heavily divided societies of the Third World. It revisits the familiar hypothesis that federalism, by means of power sharing, consensus building, …
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This thesis examines the Contact Group as an institution, and its role in the Bosnian and Kosovo conflicts in the 1990s. The thesis aims to explain what the Contact Group is, how it was composed and how it worked. Its roles in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Kosovo are compared throughou…
This dissertation explores the contemporary place of Islam in urban life through a mixed-methods project based in Istanbul, Turkey. In cities around the world, the form and practice of Islam is being reshaped by new kinds of political governance, economic development, and cultur…
This study examines issues surrounding the colonial transition in the Malay world by focusing on the history of Johor between 1784 and 1818. It attempts to locate this transition and the different Dutch imperial projects in the region in the context of earlier and parallel forei…
This dissertation seeks to answer the question: Under what conditions does multiparty mediation fail to move conflicting parties toward a comprehensive peace agreement? The object of study is the Middle East Quartet of Mediators from its formation in 2002 to the Annapolis Confer…
This study is concerned with establishing a theoretical framework of mediation that provides an applicable strategy for mediating antagonistic societal groups. Drawing from a variety of fields, including conflict resolution, structuralism/post-structuralism, social psychology, a…
