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CONSOCIATIONALISM: ITS ORIGIN, MEANING AND APPLICATION
Öneri Dergisi, 2020 Almanca yazında “Proporzdemokratie” ya da “Konkordanzdemokratie”, İngilizce yazında ise “segmented pluralism”, “politics of accommodalion”, ya da “consociational democracy" biçiminde anıldığını da gördüğümüz “consociationalism”, belirgin biçimde dikey kümelenme yapısı gösteren toplamlarda toplumsal barışı korumak ve çoğunluk buyuruculuğunu önlemek
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Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.Abstract Devolution since 1998 has seen administrations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain distinct powers over a range of policy fields, with health prominent among them. This poses two pressing questions for socio‐legal scholarship that we address in this article: to what extent are changing territorial arrangements significant ...
MATTHEW WATKINS +3 more
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The Frailties of Lebanese Democracy: Outcomes and Limits of the Confessional Framework
Contexto Internacional, 2018 Lebanon is frequently referred to as a model of a plural and stable democracy in the Middle East: a multi-ethnic and pluri-religious society that guarantees political representation through a power-sharing confessional framework.
Natalia Nahas Calfat
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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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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
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Who belongs in South Africa? ‘Tapestry nationalism’ in the African National Congress
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.Abstract Perhaps more than any other organisation, the African National Congress (ANC) has defined who belongs in South Africa. Yet, how does the organisation imagine national belonging, and how has this developed? We explore these questions through a discourse analysis of the organisation's annual ‘January 8’ statements.
David Jeffery‐Schwikkard +1 more
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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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What Belgium Can Teach Bosnia: The Uses of Autonomy in 'Divided House' States [PDF]
, 2003 Belgium and Bosnia can be understood as “divided house” states, which contain proportionally similar groups with opposing views regarding whether the state should be more unitary or more decentralised.
Stroschein, S
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Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, comparative studies between Scotland and Catalonia have grown substantially, especially those dealing with the territorial embeddedness of these territories in the United Kingdom and Spain. Despite this, comparative research on the integration of Catalans and Scots in the decision‐making of central state institutions is ...
Javier Antón‐Merino
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Hybrid Power Sharing: On How to Stabilize the Political Situation in Multi-segmental Societies
Politeja, 2018 There are various ways of reducing conflicts and of stabilizing the political situation in states where society is made up of many different ethnic groups and religious communities, and where relations between these segments – or between them and the ...
Krzysztof Trzciński
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