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Sequencing and Institutional Design in Post-Conflict Constitution-Building

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In many post-conflict constitutions, power-sharing clauses—such as guaranteed seats for minority parties—are used to reduce the incentive for groups to return to violence, but they can also entrench ethnic divisions.

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When a country emerges from civil war, the order in which it writes its constitution—and the institutions it creates—can mean the difference between lasting peace and a return to violence. What determines whether a new constitution actually sticks?