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Unraveling the Pseudo Statehood of Lebanon: A Critique of Consociationalism in Lebanon

open access: yes
This study critically examines the paradigm of consociationalism and its inherent inadequacies within the framework of the Lebanese political model. Emphasizing three pivotal deficiencies—namely, elite political dynamics, the entrenchment of sectarian ...
Makar, Ramy Daniel
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Consociationalism under examination: Is consociationalism the optimal multiculturalist approach for Turkey?

Domes: Digest of Middle East Studies, 2020
AbstractSome scholars maintain that the Republic of Turkey should construct a consociational model to manage its ethno‐cultural diversity. This article suggests consociationalism is not the optimal multiculturalist approach for Turkey, where there is some degree of interethnic moderation between ethnic Kurds and Turks at the grassroots level.
Håkan Kolçak
exaly   +2 more sources

Risks of consociationalism in Sudan

open access: yes, 2006
Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is flawed and representative of many weaknesses of consociationalism. The CPA misunderstands the root causes of conflict in Sudan, oversimplifying Sudanese history to a conflict between particular groups in its Arab north and African south.
Saltzman, Jeffrey
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Power‐Sharing in Deeply Divided Societies: Consociationalism and Sectarian Authoritarianism

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 2020
Consociationalists have traditionally embraced sectarian authoritarianism combined with a very limited form of democracy as the only democratic way of managing plural conflicts.
Dixon, P, Paul Dixon
exaly   +2 more sources

Consociationalism

2007
Abstract This chapter inquires into the general design of a legislature best suited to the democratic ideals of authority-validation and self-rule. It criticizes the civic republican model of representation for excluding private interests from the public sphere, and the politics-of-difference model for abandoning the ideals of ...
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Lebanon Confronts Partition Fears: Has Consociationalism Benefitted Minorities?

open access: yesContemporary Review of the Middle East, 2018
Lebanese consociationalism has been under stress due to serious internal and external pressures. Though Lebanese regional and global leaders continue to pay lip service to Lebanon’s unity and uphold putative commitments to its sovereignty and ...
Joseph A Kéchichian
exaly   +2 more sources

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.
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