Guarantees and territorial self-government as a conflict management tool

Based on a paper presented to the International Studies Association in San Francisco in April 2018 this paper provides a summary of the findings of the project 'How coordination mechanisms and entrenched guarantees contribute to the success of complex power-sharing in post-conflict societies'. It provides recommendations for policy-makers and practitioners as to how guarantees can be designed and included in peace agreements to prevent unilateral changes to such arrangements minimizing the risk of the re-emergence of violenc