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The disorderly universe of consociational democracy
West European Politics, 1986Since its initial presentation in the 1960s, Arend Lijphart's theory of consociational democracy has gained extensive attention in the social science literature. Unlike earlier political theories which suggest that subcultural segmentation precludes stable democracy, Lijphart's model posits the variable of coalescent elite behaviour to explain how ...
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Christian Democracy and Consociational Democracy
2022This paper elaborated the historical ties between Christian Democracy and consociational democracy that exist on a theoretical and practical level. It explained the Christian Democratic conception of democracy that underscores the Christian Democratic actors’ historic preference for consociational mechanisms.
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CONSOCIATIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM*
European Journal of Political Research, 1975ABSTRACTThe theory of consociational democracy has emphasized the internal conditions under which elites in “segmented pluralist” countries may choose such a strategy. This article suggests a distinction between genetic and sustaining conditions of this type of conflict management and, with the aid of this distinction, seeks to analyze the complex ...
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Consociational Democracy: The Case of Colombia
Comparative Politics, 1980In a series of books and articles beginning in 1968, Arend Lijphart has distinguished a variety of democracy in which "the centrifugal tendencies inherent in a plural society are counteracted by the cooperative attitudes and behavior of the leaders of the different segments of the population."' Through a variety of "artificial," antimajoritarian ...
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Elements of Consociational Democracy in Kenya
European Journal of Political Research, 1985ABSTRACTThis paper attempts to apply and test some of the major propositions advanced by the ‘consociational school’ of democratic theory to the case of a Third World country, Kenya. These propositions concern both the specific, highly fragmented ‘plural’ social bases of politics and particular institutional arrangements (such as a ‘grand coalition ...
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The Historic Compromise and Consociational Democracy
International Political Science Review, 1980The article is an attempt to analyze the current strategy of the Italian Communist Party ("compromesso storico") in the light of consociation theory. It is divided into two parts. Part I explores the foundations and operational traits of consociational democracy as a system which has historically prevailed in countries characterized by strong ...
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FEATURES OF LEBANESE “CONSOCIAL DEMOCRACY”
History of ScienceAs is well known, Lebanon’s consociational model is designed to bring stability to the country. The model is currently alleged to have caused serious political problems: ‒ Political paralysis: Mutual veto power often leads to government blockage, making it difficult to implement reforms or effectively resolve crises.
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The favourable factors for consociational democracy: a review
European Journal of Political Research, 1998Abstract. The favourable factors for the establishment and maintenance of consociational democracy are among the most contested elements of consociationalism. The debate concerns both the favourable factors themselves and their status. The debate over the former is provoked by the inductive character; the debate over the latter can be traced back to ...
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Power-sharing and ‘consociational democracy’ in South Tyrol
GeoJournal, 1997Consociational democracy is often proposed as a non-territorial strategy to accommodate tensions between ethnic groups in the framework of a democratic regime. The multi-ethnic province of South Tyrol (Alto Adige) in Northern Italy is presented as an example of a regional ethnic conflict solved by the application of a consociational strategy.
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