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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert +2 more
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Party System of the Netherlands: between Pillarization and European Integration
Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018 In the article, the party system of the Netherlands is examined in the focus of two key factors: the historically inherent pillarization system that shaped the current party segmentation, and the European integration that left its impact on the party ...
P. V. Oskolkov, E. A. Sergeev
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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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Persistent Nonviolent Conflict With No Reconciliation: The Flemish and Walloons in Belgium [PDF]
, 2009 Mnookin and Verbeke describe the nonviolent but very serious conflict in Belgium between the Flemish (Dutch) of the North and the Walloons (French) of the South.
Mnookin, Robert, Verbeke, Alain
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Political Contest and Oppositional Voices in Postconflict Democracy:The Impact of Institutional Design on Government–Media Relations [PDF]
, 2016 The media are considered to play a crucial democratic role in the public sphere through representing political issues to the public (Gelders et al. 2007); facilitating deliberation, public opinion formation and political participation (Habermas 1989 ...
Charis Rice +19 more
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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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What Belgium Can Teach Bosnia: The Uses of Autonomy in 'Divided House' States [PDF]
, 2003 Belgium and Bosnia can be understood as “divided house” states, which contain proportionally similar groups with opposing views regarding whether the state should be more unitary or more decentralised.
Stroschein, S
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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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Intervensi Kebijakan Pasca (Dis)integrasi: Sebuah Pendekatan Resolusi Konflik
JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2002 Nation-state has now been challenged by many forces for not be able to fully meet its citizen's aspirations. These challenges have put the fate of national integration on the brink of bankruptcy.
Gabriel Lele
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Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 520-534, April 2026.ABSTRACT In recent years, comparative studies between Scotland and Catalonia have grown substantially, especially those dealing with the territorial embeddedness of these territories in the United Kingdom and Spain. Despite this, comparative research on the integration of Catalans and Scots in the decision‐making of central state institutions is ...
Javier Antón‐Merino
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