Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies - Exploring Consociational Parties

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Matthijs Bogaards is Professor of Political Science at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M Bogaards, M. Bogaards, Matthijs Bogaards
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.06.2014
• EAN: 9781403998231
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9823-1
• Seiten: 181
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft; B, Peace, History: specific events & topics, Democracy, Political Science, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political History, Comparative Politics, World Politics, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Peace studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Peace and Conflict Studies