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Minority Veto Rights in Kosovo’s Democracy

Age of Human Rights Journal, 2019
The political system of Kosovo belongs to the power sharing democracies. Indeed, it has all the characteristics of Consociational Democracy. In addition to that, minority veto rights are absolute and go above the aims of this type of democracy. As it is
Behar Selimi
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LEGACY OF THE TROUBLES: CRISIS OF POWER IN NORTHERN IRELAND [PDF]

Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2023
The political crisis in Northern Ireland, which has been continuing since 2022, threatens its stable development. It undermines the Belfast Agreement, which ended the bloody conflict between Catholics and Protestants and allowed devolution in the region.
Oleg V. Okhoshin
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The European Union’s Political Membership Criteria and Their Effects on Divided Societies: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journal of Balkan Studies, 2022
While the European Union’s accession criteria have served as a driving force in promoting democracy throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has lagged behind other countries in the region in its efforts to achieve EU accession.
Danijela Dudley, Fleurine Saez
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A War by Other Means? Conceptions of Democracy and the Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 2018
This article discusses the political effects of two different conceptions of democracy in ethnically deeply divided societies. It considers the conflicts with clear historical roots by analysing the case of the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
Ivan Pepić
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The Frailties of Lebanese Democracy: Outcomes and Limits of the Confessional Framework

Contexto Internacional, 2018
Lebanon is frequently referred to as a model of a plural and stable democracy in the Middle East: a multi-ethnic and pluri-religious society that guarantees political representation through a power-sharing confessional framework.
Natalia Nahas Calfat
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Consociationalism as a minimal benchmark for normative theory [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
This article argues that consociationalism, an instrument for managing deeply divided societies, can also be understood as a form of minimal normative political theory. Drawing on Arend Lijphart's consociational model of democracy and juxtaposing it with
Semenov Andrej A., Nedeljković Zoran D.
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“The right to cultural identity, the balance and elements of consociational democracy

, 2022
The motive for compiling this paper is the attempt to research the topic of consociational democracy (some authors call it consensual democracy) or more generally - democracy in multicultural societies.
Kadriu, Flora
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Theory Of Patronized Goods. Liberal Evolution Of Paternalism.

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge, 2016
The neo-classical principles of rational behavior are considered in the context of the nature of paternalism as the basis of the Theory of patronized goods. The formation of society’s normative interests is discussed in concern of political aspects. The
Aleksandr Yakovlevic Rubinstein
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Lebanon: An Ordinary “Consociational Democracy” in the Regional Context

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2019
Lebanon has a number of features that determine its special position in the region and its importance in the system of relations between the Middle East states.
A. V. Sarabiev
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Democracy in Deeply Divided Societies:Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

, 2021
Consociational democratic systems balance power between groups with the aim of avoiding or stopping (violent) conflict. Consociational democracy encourages, facilitates or necessitates the formation of a coalition between representatives of different ...
Hupkes, Sanne, Hupkes, Sanne; id_orcid
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