The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: Democracy in Divided Societies

Issue Date October 1993
Volume 4
Issue 4
Page Numbers 18-38
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About the Author

Donald L. Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University, recently became a senior fellow at the International Forum for Democratic Studies. Professor Horowitz is the author of numerous books and articles, including the seminal volume Ethnic Groups in Conflict (2000) and, most recently, Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia (2013).

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