Approaches to Managing Ethnoreligious Diversity: the Case of the City-State Singapore
RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2020 The article examines the problem of finding an appropriate power-sharing model for a divided society with cleavages along religious, linguistic, cultural and ethnic lines.
Ilya R. Lavrov, Oxana G. Kharitonova
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Which type of democracy performs best? [PDF]
, 2012 Which type of democracy performs best? While some scholars argue that an electoral system with proportional representation combined with a decentralized system works best, and that the type of electoral system is crucial (Lijphart 1999), others state ...
Doorenspleet, Renske, Pellikaan, Huib
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Doomed to Fail? Rebound Effect and Conflict Management Problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne, 2023 New institutionalism resurrected political institutions, arguing that they constrain behavior of political actors.
Aleksandra Zdeb
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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.
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Iraq’s Informal Consociationalism and Its Problems [PDF]
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 2020 AbstractThis paper looks at the applicability of formal, informal, liberal and corporate consociationalism to Iraq. It examines the drafting of the Iraqi constitution in 2005 and the political system it consecrated. It argues that the political system in Iraq is a good example of informal consociationalism, with government formation governed by ...
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Istota i główne modele power-sharing w kontekście wieloetniczności. Zarys problematyki [PDF]
, 2016 This paper discusses the essence and key models of power-sharing. While power-sharing can be construed in a very broad way, a narrow understanding of it is analyzed in this paper.
Trzciński, Krzysztof
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A Field Study of Consociationalism in the Northern Ireland Assembly: A Moderating Influence or Threat to Democracy? [PDF]
, 2013 This paper is the outcome of a month-long exploratory study on whether consociationalism has a moderating influence on politics in Northern Ireland. I analyzed the impact of consociationalism on policymaking, party platforms and voter choice to determine
Noble, Ellen
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The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
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The Consociational Addition to Indonesia’s Centripetalism as a Tactic of the Central Authorities: The Case of Papua [PDF]
, 2016 In 2001 the Indonesian government agreed to the introduction in the Indonesian Papua of regional, consociational elements of power-sharing, despite the fact that the dominant model of this system in Indonesia is centripetalism.
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how mainstream Europarties utilise social media to communicate with the public. According to EU law, Europarties are expected to strengthen the EU's legitimacy, mainly by fostering European political awareness and facilitating civic engagement.
Stefano Greco, Tapio Raunio
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