Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies: Exploring Consociational Parties

ISBN-13: 9781403998231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 184 str.

Matthijs Bogaards

Opis

This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India, Malaysia, and Yugoslavia. Presenting a new concept of the 'consociational party', Bogaards explores how diversity differs within parties and why it matters for social peace and democracy.

Recenzje

"This new book by Matthijs Bogaards makes a significant and highly original contribution to the literature on consociational democracy by studying the seven major political parties that have been internally consociational. It constitutes a crucial theoretical advance that will be of great interest to all scholars and students who study the problems of divided societies."

- Arend Lijphart, University of California, USA

Spis treści

Introduction 1. The Consociational Party 2. The Alliance Model 3. The Congress Model 4. Non-democratic Consociational Parties 5. From Inter- to Intraparty Consociationalism in South Africa? 6. The Origins and Institutional Environment of Consociational Parties Conclusion

O autorze

Matthijs Bogaards is Professor of Political Science at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.