Party Elites in Divided Societies Political Parties in Consociational Democracy

Working from the basis of Arend Lijphart's 1968 work on divided societies, the authors go on to look at such cultures and subcultures thirty years on, bringing in new evidence and analysis to bear on the issue. They also examine the essential role of party politics within and between these D," framing comparisons with a number of countries from Belgium to Israel.

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Kris Deschouwer, Kurt Richard Luther

Summary

It offers a valuable and long overdue assessment of the role of political parties in the theory and practice of consociational demococracy. Combining valuable theoretical and comparative analyses with sensitive in-depth case studies.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kris Deschouwer (Editor), Kurt Richard Luther (Editor), Kurt Richard (Keele University Luther (Editor), Deschouwer Kris (Editor), Luther Kurt Richard (Editor)
• Authors: Kurt Richard Luther
• Publisher: Routledge
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780415201278
• ISBN: 978-0-415-20127-8
• Pages: 312
• Dimensions (packing): 16.1 x 24 x 2.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 634 g
• Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in Euro > 7; Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science; Routledge/ECPR Studies in Euro > 7
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Politics & government; Politics and government