2019
DOI: 10.1111/spsr.12384
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The Importance of Consociationalism for Twenty‐First Century Politics and Political Science

Abstract: Five decades after the term consociationalism made its debut in the comparative politics of divided societies, the huge body of international literature it has sparked continues to grow. In an era of populism and polarization, interest in the many facets of consociationalism is at an all‐time high. This introduction to the special issue of Half a Century of Consociationalism: Cases and Comparisons gives an impression of the contemporary state of the consociational research agenda. In addition, the introduction… Show more

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“…Paradoxically, however, the power of consociationalism has increased precisely because it has become more ambiguous and contradictory. Cosmopolitan and other critics are either incorporated as 'liberal consociationalists' or marginalized leaving consociationalism unchallenged (see the lack of critical perspectives in Bogaards et al 2019). As Humpty Dumpty put it, words mean what the consociational masters choose them to mean, neither more nor less.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Paradoxically, however, the power of consociationalism has increased precisely because it has become more ambiguous and contradictory. Cosmopolitan and other critics are either incorporated as 'liberal consociationalists' or marginalized leaving consociationalism unchallenged (see the lack of critical perspectives in Bogaards et al 2019). As Humpty Dumpty put it, words mean what the consociational masters choose them to mean, neither more nor less.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other consociationalists reject this claim because (implausibly) it denies the existence of alternative non‐consociational forms of power‐sharing against which consociationalism had defined itself in the past (Bogaards et al . 2019:1).…”
Section: Revisionist Consociationalism: All Power‐sharing or No Powermentioning
confidence: 98%
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