Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Meyer, Emily Teresa
URN	etd-07112007-003516
Title	Militay Power-Sharing: A Prescription for Peace?
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Political Science, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Mark Souva Committee Chair John Scholz Committee Member William Berry Committee Member
Keywords	Military Power-Sharing Peace Duration Power Sharing Intrastate War Civil War
Date of Defense	2007-06-07
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Why do power-sharing arrangements fail to promote long-term peace in some civil wars and not in others? Recent work on the subject has shown that power-sharing institutions do increase the likelihood that peace will last; however, the bulk of the work does not explain the conditions under which power-sharing agreements will fail. I argue that a critical factor in determining peace stability is how military power-sharing agreements are applied in different types of conflict. Military power-sharing should only alleviate security concerns in ethnic conflicts and may actually deteriorate the peace in ideological conflicts.
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