Since the mid-1980s the world has witnessed a democratization tide sweeping across Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. One effect of the demise of communism has been that even the most stable democracies have had to come to terms with ethnic diversity. "Institutional Development in Divided Societies" provides readers with a comparative overview of some of the successes and failures in developed and developing countries in creating and consolidating institutions. This book analyses crucial democratization issues in South Africa and Belgium, for example, that are also relevant to other developing and developed countries. These issues have a bearing on international constitutional and political development and on options for co-operation between countries on a supranational level.