Introduction: Advancing Peace in Deeply Divided Societies; A.Guelke THEORETICAL OVERVIEW Transforming Ethnic Orders to Pluralist Regimes: Theoretical, Comparative and Historical Analysis; I.Peleg CASE STUDIES Divided Societies, Electoral Polarization and the Basque Country; L.Moreno The Arab Minority in Israel Politics: Between 'Ethnic Democracy' and 'Democratic Integration'; B.Neuberger The Autonomy Puzzle: Territorial Solutions to the Kashmir Crisis; R.G.Wirsing The 'Velvet Divorce' of Czechoslovakia as a Solution to a Conflict of Nationalisms; R.Havlová Leadership and Developing Democracy Where There is None; H.O'Doherty COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Using Public Opinion Polls to Support Peace Processes: Practical Lessons From Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Cyprus, Israel and Palestine; C.Irwin The Politics of Imitation: The Role of Comparison in Peace Processes; A.Guelke The Concept of Justice in the Early Post-Conflict Transitional Period: A Comparative Perspective; M.B.Hartwell Punishment, Amnesty and Truth: Legal and Political Approaches; T.Hadden Deepening Democracy and Ethno-Political Mobilization: A Survey of Five Cases; B.Cartrite Conclusion: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict; A.Guelke