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Who belongs in South Africa? ‘Tapestry nationalism’ in the African National Congress

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract Perhaps more than any other organisation, the African National Congress (ANC) has defined who belongs in South Africa. Yet, how does the organisation imagine national belonging, and how has this developed? We explore these questions through a discourse analysis of the organisation's annual ‘January 8’ statements.
David Jeffery‐Schwikkard   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party System of the Netherlands: between Pillarization and European Integration

open access: yesКонтуры 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
doaj   +1 more source

What is Power Sharing? Consociationalism, Centripetalism, and Hybrid Power Sharing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article, the author analyzes the term "power-sharing" in the context of power exercised within a state. He first examines the term in the very general sense, in which it can be applied to all types and dimensions of sharing of power between ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

[Review of] Milton J. Esman (Ed.), Ethnic Conflict in the Western World [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Ethnic conflict has reemerged in the economic and political arenas of the western world, less between nation states, more within the boundaries of particular nations.
Frye, Hardy T.
core   +1 more source

Reframing Kurtz’s Painting: Colonial Legacies and Minority Rights in Ethnically Divided Societies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Minority rights constitute some of the most normatively and economically important human rights. Although the political science and legal literatures have proffered a number of constitutional and institutional design solutions to address the protection ...
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core   +2 more sources

Practicing Power‐Sharing: How Political Adversaries (Fail to) Rule Jointly

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does power‐sharing lead to peace and effective governance in some cases but not others? Whereas the current literature on this question predominantly focuses on institutional design, this article argues that more attention should be given to the everyday activities, routines and processes through which power‐sharing is operated.
Alexandre Wadih Raffoul
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Populist Secessionism: Elite Discourse and Mass Attitudes in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While political leaders increasingly combine populist and secessionist appeals, systematic evidence remains lacking regarding their effectiveness in mobilizing public support. Drawing on original survey data from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where leader Milorad Dodik employs populist‐secessionist rhetoric, this study finds that
Semir Dzebo
wiley   +1 more source

Why Do Voters Vote for ‘the Other Side’? Instrumental and Expressive Motives for Cross‐Ethnolinguistic Voting in Brussels

open access: yesNations 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
wiley   +1 more source

ПОЛИТИЧКАТА КУЛТУРА НА ЕЛИТИТЕ - ПЕТТИОТ ЕЛЕМЕНТ ВО КОНСОЦИЈАЦИСКИОТ МОДЕЛ НА ДЕМОКРАТИЈА [PDF]

open access: yesBezbednosni Dijalozi, 2011
The political consensus of elites is of essential importance for the consolidation of political systems, especially in the deeply divided societies.
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