Beyond power-sharing. (c2017)

Abstract

This thesis aims to contribute to the literature on the resolution of ethnic conflicts. By analyzing Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, and Rwanda, it explores the components of a peace agreement, establishing what is necessary for sustainable post-war peace. Arguing that a power-sharing agreement lacking reconciliation and transitional justice will also lack stability, the collective experiences of the cases selected will determine the consequences of such an absence. Consequently, it asserts that only with these mechanisms can a postwar society achieve reintegration and state reconstruction. The theoretical conclusion that follows from this thesis is that any postwar arrangement that seeks the resolution of ethnic conflict should combine power sharing, reconciliation and transitional justice.