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CIAO DATE: 05/05/07
December 2006
Table of Contents
From the Editor-in-Chief: On The Weakness Of Violence by Dorin Tudoran
Cover Story
Rules Do Matter by Jarrett Blanc
What the Iraqi and Palestinian elections tell us.
Fieldwork
Setting The Stage For Peace by Colin Irwin
Public opinion polling can help peace negotiators find common ground.
In The Shadow of Violence by Lisa Kammerud
The EVER project sheds light on the dynamics of electoral violence.
Building Bridges In A War Zone by John Moore
Voting In Abu Ghraib by Tihana Bartulac-Blanc (PDF, 2 pages, 20 KB)
Iraqi Election Commissioners overcome challenges to guarantee voting rights for pretrial detainees.
Thinking Out Loud
Nigerian Federalism - Genie In A Bottle? by Rotimi T. Suberu
Nigeria's inventive federal structure allowed it to avoid state failure and promote cooperation among the countriy's many ethnicities. However, the same structure threatens to destabilize the democracy it supports.
A Decade After Dayton by Edward P. Joseph
Lessons not to learn about democracy building from Bosnia.
Changing Tactics by Jeff Fischer
Blending democracy development with counterinsurgency campaigns may offer insurgents the political alternatives they need.