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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Consociational democracy"”.
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Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa
… of this paper is to survey the literature of consociational theory, assess its validity as a conceptual model, and to analyse both its relevance and utility as a potential framework of conflict regulation in South Africa. The paper is divided into five chapters: an overview of consociational …
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Ethnic Composition of Constitutional Courts in Ethnically Divided Societies: the cases of the Republic of Cyprus and Bosnia-Herzegovina
… in ethnically divided societies by reference to consociational democracy. It seeks to contribute to the literature on consociational democracy and judicial diversity by examining how the consociational principle of representation may be used to inform the composition of the senior judiciary in …
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The protection of minority rights: a comparative survey with special reference to South Africa's constitutional options
… is followed by a discussion and evaluation of consociational democracy and federalism as possible solutions to the problems created by ethnicity and minorities in a plural society. Having made the hypothesis that democracy is best served in a multi-ethnic society by a system that emphasizes …
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The effects of elite-led power sharing on postconflict urban reconstruction: consociationalism and the Mostar case
… planning in divided cities remains understudied. Consociational democracy is a system of elite-led, power-sharing government commonly instituted in countries following ethnic conflicts. The benefits and costs of consociational government are well-documented at the national scale, but less so at …
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A neo-institutional analysis of opposition structures in the South African Parliament
… institutions based upon different models of democracy. Theoretically, there are two broad models from which South Africa's system draws its characteristics: consociational democracy, and majoritarian democracy. Both models of democracy bestow certain characteristics on the South African …
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Resurgent Ethnic Violence in Post-War Societies: A Comparative Assessment of Externally Guaranteed Consociational Experiments
… Bosnia, it evaluates and compares the record of consociational democracy under foreign supervision when deployed as a tool for conflict regulation. It seeks to build on existing accounts that emphasize exogenous or endogenous factors by contributing a comprehensive theory of post-war ethnic …
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Ethnicising Ulster’s Protestants: Tolerance, Peoplehood, and Class in Ulster-Scots Ethnopedagogy
… education is embedded in the politics of consociational peace. The logic of consociationalism explicitly entails the maintenance of stark boundaries of ethnic difference. This research does not merely critique of Ulster-Scots pedagogy, but calls into question the whole consociational logic …