The optimal choice for peacefully managing conflict depends on several identifiable factors specific to the country, including the way and degree to which ethnicity is politicized, the intensity of conflict, and the demographic and geographic distribution of ethnic groups. We distinguish four basic strategies of electoral system design. We find that it can, but that there is no single electoral system that is likely to be best for all divided societies. This work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affect the potential for future violent conflict. Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies
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