Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: Modern Challenges and Development Prospects
RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2021 This article explores some key problems of the organization and operation of the Lebanese confessional political system. The study is carried out within the framework of the comparative approach and, in essence, is a comparison of the Lebanese realities ...
Arseny A. Kerimov
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Exploring Ethnocracy and the Possibilities of Coexistence in Beirut [PDF]
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 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
Konstantin Kastrissianakis
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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]
Politeja, 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 ...
Krzysztof Trzciński
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Consociationalism : Theoretical Development Illustrated by the Case of Belgium
Res Publica, 2001 The theory on consociational democracies has evolved significantly in the last decades. One aim of the article is to discuss this development. Arend Lijphart's groundbreaking book from 1977 has inspired critics and lead to important theoretical amelioration.
Tom Knappskog
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Consociationalism Meets Centripetalism: Hybrid Power-Sharing
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 2021 Contemporary power-sharing theory is characterized by an impasse between consociationalism and centripetalism. This article proposes the concept of hybrid power-sharing (HPS) as a possible solution. HPS political systems not only combine institutional features from the different power-sharing models but HPS's "own" institutions may also be shaped.
Krzysztof Trzciński
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The Relative Success of Consociational Institutions in Deeply Divided Societies
Politikon, 2020 Lebanon and Northern Ireland conjure opposite images on consociationalism in the minds of many political scientists. While in Lebanon, the consociational system widely proved inefficient in preventing the outbreak of ethno-national conflicts, the ...
Chloé Bernadaux
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What is Power Sharing? Consociationalism, Centripetalism, and Hybrid Power Sharing [PDF]
, 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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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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Crisis, Opportunities, and Consociational Federalism: Reassessing Lijphart’s Work After Half a Century of Consociationalism [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2021 Half a century ago, Dutch political scientist Arend Lijphart crafted the concept of consociational democracy (or consociationalism). His theory first aimed at explaining how divided societies could be politically stable, but was then used as a normative ...
Dave Guénette
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Ethnic identity (geo)politics as a zero-sum game. Towards an assessment of the long-term effects of the Ohrid framework agreement [PDF]
Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2021 Since 2001 the inter-ethnic relations between the two largest ethno-national communities in the Republic of Macedonia have been regulated by the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA). Describing it as an attempt at Complex Power Sharing, the article explores
Adela M. GJORGJIOSKA
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