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Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
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Перспективи консоціальної демократії [PDF]
, 2012 Аналізується сучасний політичний режим України; висвітлюються проблеми та недоліки політичної системи, обґрунтовуються альтернативні шляхи їх подолання.
Мовчан, У.І., Фісун, О.А.
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Consociational Democracy [PDF]
Annual Review of Political Science, 2000 Consociationalist theory served initially as an explanation of political stability in a few deeply divided European democracies. It argued that in these countries, the destabilizing effects of subcultural segmentation are neutralized at the elite level by embracing non-majoritarian mechanisms for conflict resolution.
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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FermentationAgricultural production in the Azores primarily focuses on the livestock sector, notably, dairy production, where cows graze year-round in a rotational system.
Cristiana Maduro Dias +5 more
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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A Transient Transition: The Cultural and Institutional Obstacles Impeding the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) in its Progression from Informal to Formal Politics [PDF]
, 2013 Women have traditionally occupied a perilous position in Northern Irish politics, ultimately constrained from participating on their own terms by its dominant discourses of nationalism, conflict and realism. Alienated from the formal political structures
Murtagh, Cera
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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 668-676, October/December 2025.Abstract Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh—the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake—recently hit the headlines owing to an ecological crisis caused by the level of pollutants entering its waters. With political attention drawn to the lough, an emerging idea amongst environmental activists—inspired by the global ‘rights of nature’ (RoN) movement—is ...
Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill
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Time to invite the ‘others’ to the table: a proposal to make South Tyrol more inclusive [PDF]
, 2016 South Tyrol, an autonomous and predominantly German-speaking province in northern Italy, is regarded as one of the most successful cases of ‘consociational’ democracy – a political system in which people deeply divided along ethnic, linguistic, or other ...
Larin, Stephen J., Röggla, Marc
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Still here: age and generational time Encore là : âge et temps générationnel
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue S1, Page 145-160, April 2025.The passage of generational time may be one of the most fundamental ways of experiencing ageing; we age in relation to others with whom our lives are intertwined – by becoming a grandmother or losing a father. Those of the oldest generation weaken and pass away, but in that process, they persist – for a while – with the younger generations.
Susan Reynolds Whyte
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