Consociationalism as a minimal benchmark for normative theory [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u PrištiniThis article argues that consociationalism, an instrument for managing deeply divided societies, can also be understood as a form of minimal normative political theory. Drawing on Arend Lijphart's consociational model of democracy and juxtaposing it with
Semenov Andrej A., Nedeljković Zoran D.
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Power Sharing and Zoning Formula for Managing Nigeria's Diversity: A Case of the Fourth Republic
Lentera Hukum, 2022 Nigeria is composed of plural and multi-complex societies with multiple ethnic groups of up to 500 cultural diversities. This country surmounts the obstacles of managing diversity through an informal setting popularly identified as a zoning formula and ...
Babayo Sule, Usman Sambo
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Census politics in deeply divided societies [PDF]
, 2019 Population censuses in societies that are deeply divided along ethnic, religious or linguistic lines can be sensitive affairs – particularly where political settlements seek to maintain peace through the proportional sharing of power between groups. This
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Consociationalism and Centripetalism: Friends or Foes? [PDF]
Swiss Political Science Review, 2019 AbstractTwo schools dominate the literature on democracy in divided societies: consociationalism and centripetalism. The first advocates group representation and power sharing while the second recommends institutions that promote multi‐ethnic parties. Although often presented as mutually exclusive choices, in reality many new democracies display a mix.
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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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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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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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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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