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Political participation from a citizenship perspective [PDF]

, 2009
Conventional academic studies on political participation mostly focus on electoral politics including electoral systems, political party structures and their interaction with other governmental processes. These studies adopt an approach that presumes the
Kadioglu, Ayse Gulden, Kadıoğlu, Ayşe Gülden   +1 more
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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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Exploring Ethnocracy and the Possibilities of Coexistence in Beirut [PDF]

, 2016
In response to James Anderson’s article “Ethnocracy: Exploring and extending the concept”, this article revisits some of the extensive discussions of Lebanon’s political sectarianism through the prism of ethnocracy to the extent that it contributes to an
Kastrissianakis, Konstantin
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Adis Merdzanovic, Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

, 2020
Before even opening the book, Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina captures the reader’s attention with its intriguing and provocative title.
Senada Zatagić
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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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Serious about Integration or Political Posturing? Political Elites and their Impact on Half-hearted Europeanisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Politics in Central Europe, 2022
This paper deals with the sluggish Europeanisation efforts of the current political elites of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A typical explanation for the lack of progress would be the complex structure of consociational democracy of the specific Bosnian ...
Burianová Romana, Hloušek Vít
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Consociational democracy in post-conflict societies. The possibility of application in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Международные отношения
The article is devoted to the study of the influence of institutions of consociative democracy on the processes of pacification and democratization in post-conflict societies.
Sara Kojovic
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Managing Diversity: Power-sharing or Control? A Comparison between India and Sri Lanka [PDF]

, 2012
Based on the case studies of India and Sri Lanka, the paper combines conceptual and empirical findings on power-sharing arrangements as a key to conflict management in deeply divided, post-colonial societies.
Carciumaru, Radu
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Who Benefits from Consociationalism? Religious Disparities in Lebanon’s Political System

Religions, 2018
This study examines the extent to which confessional identities in Lebanon are responsible for shaping individual views toward their government. Specifically, I investigate disparities between religious groups in their perceptions of democracy and ...
Kenneth Vaughan
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Malaysia’s crisis of political legitimacy: Understanding the 2020 power transition and ‘Sheraton Move’ polemics through the ‘eyes’ of Malaysian political science graduates

Cogent Social Sciences, 2023
This empirical study examines the reactions of 114 political science graduates in Malaysia, through a questionnaire-based survey on the power transition crisis that took place February 23rd to 1 March 2020.
Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin
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