Consociationalism

Among comparative scholars there is a continuing debate about which kinds of institutions would work best for stabilizing peace in ethnical divided societies. In general, they agree on the necessity of democratic institutions. The question is whether these institutions should be built on the principle of inclusion or moderation (O‘Flynn 2007: 731). O‘Flynn is reviewing the work of Arend Lijphart and Donald Horowitz, the two main characters of this debate. While Lijphart focuses on inclusion with

In the immortal words of Thomas Paine, “a constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates” (Paine 1805). One of the great debates among Constitutional scholars is just what the exact purpose of Constitutions are. Some argue that Constitutions function as expressions of values of the populace at the time. Others theorize that Constitutions serve as tools of social coordination. While both of these theories have merit, at the end of the day, Constitutions primarily function

Africans have been mistreated by Afrikaans and the English for years especially during Apartheid. Now that Apartheid is ending the government of South Africa needs to be revamped to better represent the people. A major concern for the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is the probable loss of Zulu tradition and misrepresentation for the Zulu people. Due to this concern, the IFP has several proposals for the constitution. One of them is a decentralized government so Zulu majority areas will be controlled

1) Briefly describe the three patterns of pluralism and give one example of each? The three patterns of ethnic pluralisms are domination, power sharing, and integrations. Domination: is a pattern of interethnic relations in which one exercise control or influence over other. Usually, excludes limits or otherwise subordinates members of the other ethnic communities. There are two types of dominations. a) Exclusionary it can be formal or non-formal, but in both case the effect is a structure of ethnic

It is applied to homeland peoples who seek a significant measure of autonomy and self-government within their territorial homeland, along with a fair share of participation and influence in the affairs of the central government. b) Consociationalism: It is define as a process of power sharing, in which more than one ethnic community come together and agree for a leadership to mutually acknowledge the right and interest of one another. Share a common government, which is made by the agreement

point of tension opposing ethnic groups have reached a point where they no longer can live in agreement together under a common administration (Pischedda 104). Regardless of typical ethnic conflict remedies such as power-sharing, federalism, consociationalism, or state building (Tir 270). These security dilemmas will persist as these groups will constantly be in fear of the other(s) and attempt to protect themselves and the interests of the group (Tir 270). Therefore, as each group continues to protect

Name: Amanda Raizis ID: 300306546 Tutor: Tim Webster Tutorial Time: Thursday 11.00-11.50pm Can presidential systems work effectively in deeply divided societies? [Make reference to at least two cases of your choosing.] Thesis Statement Presidentialism is a system of government in which the president is elected both chief executives and as head of government (Ogelsby & Suárez, 1968) and is the main system of democratic government apart from parliamentary systems. Presidential systems tend to

Introduction My argument in this paper is that globalization is not leading to a decline in the incidence of policy concertation in Western Europe between governments, employers and trade unions, contrary to much accepted wisdom, and that this persistence of policy concertation can be best understood in terms of a configurational model of policy concertation in which the main variables are perceived problems, the degree of agreement on economic policy among the relevant political actors,