Jennings, Colin
Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace Jennings, Colin [electronic resource] / Jennings, Colin - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (17 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
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?
10.1596/1813-9450-4196
Agreement
Agreements
Compromise
Conflict
Conflict and Development
Conflict Resolution
Constitutional Reform
Contract
Convention
Conventions
Economy
Education
Education and Society
Fighting
Frontier
Meeting
Negotiation
Organized Crime
Peace
Peace and Peacekeeping
Post Conflict Reconstruction
Post Conflict Reintegration
Trust
University
Violent Conflict
War
Political Leadership, Conflict, and the Prospects for Constitutional Peace Jennings, Colin [electronic resource] / Jennings, Colin - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (17 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
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?
10.1596/1813-9450-4196
Agreement
Agreements
Compromise
Conflict
Conflict and Development
Conflict Resolution
Constitutional Reform
Contract
Convention
Conventions
Economy
Education
Education and Society
Fighting
Frontier
Meeting
Negotiation
Organized Crime
Peace
Peace and Peacekeeping
Post Conflict Reconstruction
Post Conflict Reintegration
Trust
University
Violent Conflict
War