Groups have internal autonomy, and group leaders negotiate amongst themselves to manage conflict. Integrative democracies seek to encourage moderation in group leaders and to encourage intergroup cooperation at all levels of government. Each approach to democracy has its characteristic techniques for managing conflicts. Chapter Four describes these techniques. Consociational techniques include granting groups territorial autonomy, employing proportional representation in administrative appointments and parliamentary elections, and recognizing group rights.
Integrative techniques focus on creating a unitary, inclusive central state.
Chapter Five describes the factors which motivate conflicting groups to consider peace through power sharing. Generally, groups must be motivated by the fear of continuing or increasing violence. Power sharing is most likely to succeed where the groups have internal unity and organization, and where there is broad and deep support for peace. In Chapter Six, Sisk explores the role of the international community in promoting and supporting power sharing approaches to managing ethnic conflicts. Sisk first notes that while there are often substantial problems with partitioning existing states, the creation of a separate state cannot be rejected out of hand.