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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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Push Factors towards Consociational Democracy in Plural SubNational Polities: The Case of Mandera County, Kenya

International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, 2019
The international system continues to grapple with the challenge of violent conflicts occurring in different parts of the world. Conflicts vary in terms of their nature, duration, stage, and underlying causes.
J. M. Mutungi
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How Theoretically Opposite Models of Interethnic Power-Sharing Can Complement Each Other and Contribute to Political Stabilization: The Case of Nigeria [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the thesis that the stabilization of Nigeria’s complicated political situation is furthered by the functioning in that country of institutions based on two models of interethnic power-sharing – consociationalism ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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Democratic Communication and the Role of Special Advisers in Northern Ireland’s Consociational Government [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines the role of ministerial special advisers (SpAds) in Northern Ireland’s government communication. Using data gathered from elite interviews with SpAds, government information officers, and political journalists, we argue that the ...
Rice, Charis, Somerville, I., Wilson, J.
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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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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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Based on its constitutional and institutional set-up, could India be rightly conceived as a 'consociational' (power-sharing) democracy?

The South Asianist, 2014
A Consociational democracy is a model of governance that uses power sharing to cope with societal divisions. Lijphart (1996: 258) outlined four crucial, interdependent elements, which characterise consociationalism; “Grand Coalition” governments in which
Alastair Carr
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Dealing with the Legacy of Ethnic Conflict: Confronting ‘Othering’ through Transformative Adult Education—A Northern Ireland Case Study [PDF]

, 2017
Despite its peace process, Northern Ireland remains a deeply divided society. The legacy of a 30-year conflict has ensured that the state continues to be prone to outbreaks of violence over contentious issues such as Orange Order parading and the flying ...
McManus, Cathal
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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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Democratising party leadership selection in Belgium: motivations and decision-makers [PDF]

, 2013
Political parties are increasingly adopting more inclusive procedures to select their party leader, most notably by introducing party primaries. This article tries to detect motives and decision makers for this introduction in Belgian parties.
Wauters, Bram
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