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Consociationalism and segmented cleavages : the case of Lebanon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Consociationalism and segmented cleavages. The case of Lebanon is about the political development of Lebanon. It is intended to be an exploration, as objective as possible, to the development of major cleavages of Lebanese society related to Lebanese ...
Nicolaysen, Leif Gunnar Nyseth
core  

Journey to the Centre of the State: Catalans in Madrid and Scots in London

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 520-534, April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The Long Good Friday

open access: yesCzech Journal of International Relations, 2005
This article deals with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement-currently the key and primary document for the internationalised peace process in Northern Ireland-signed by representatives of the British and Irish governments, and representatives of the Northern
Hynek Melichar
doaj  

Practicing Power‐Sharing: How Political Adversaries (Fail to) Rule Jointly

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 374-385, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Why does power‐sharing lead to peace and effective governance in some cases but not others? Whereas the current literature on this question predominantly focuses on institutional design, this article argues that more attention should be given to the everyday activities, routines and processes through which power‐sharing is operated.
Alexandre Wadih Raffoul
wiley   +1 more source

Lebanon: An Ordinary “Consociational Democracy” in the Regional Context

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2019
Lebanon has a number of features that determine its special position in the region and its importance in the system of relations between the Middle East states.
A. V. Sarabiev
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Collective Violence

open access: yesAggressive Behavior, Volume 52, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Although collective violence remains a pervasive issue affecting many societies today, the specific psychological mechanisms underlying individual differences in support for collective violence are relatively understudied. In four studies, using five samples from Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey (total N = 3758), we conceptualize and develop a new ...
Ramzi Abou‐Ismail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Johannes Althusius: The First Federalist in Early Modern Times

open access: yesHistories
Johannes Althusius (1563–1638) was a pioneer of early modern federalism. Opposing Jean Bodin’s theory of absolute sovereignty, his theory, centered on association and symbiosis, laid the groundwork for later concepts such as associationalism ...
Lingkai Kong
doaj   +1 more source

Threats and Limitations of Legal Recognition of Minority Rights in Jeremy Waldron’s Views: A Critical Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī
Introduction The legal recognition of minority rights has become a central issue in contemporary societies grappling with increasing diversity. While some argue that legal recognition is essential to ensure equal protection and participation of minority ...
Hadi Salehi
doaj   +1 more source

CONSOCIATIONALISM: ITS ORIGIN, MEANING AND APPLICATION

open access: yesÖneri 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
openaire   +4 more sources

Territory, values, and health law in a devolved United Kingdom: examining the role of the gift in opt‐out organ donation

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 75-99, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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