CONSOCIATIONALISM A brief study by Oloruntuyi Ifeoluwa Olusayo INTRODUCTION A large percentage of pluralistic communities live divided and therefore find it difficult to have a stable democratic government. In a community where the minority feel they are being cheated by the majority and are unable to be a part of decision making‚ these minorities are likely to defend themselves by resorting to fights and thus creating instability. Therefore‚ to stabilize such communities‚ leaders resort to making
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Nothern Ireland The agreement determined that the Executive Committee would be a power-sharing government‚ representing both unionists and nationalists. It would be based on the power-sharing‚ Consociational model of democracy. Arend Lijphart designed this model for societies emerging from‚ or with the potential for‚ conflict. The main consociational features of the Northern Ireland power-sharing model are: -cross-community power sharing at executive level‚ including the joint office of First
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The article‚ Constitutional Design for Divided Societies‚ by A. Lijphart suggests several recommendations of the constitutional design for countries with divided societies and other cleavages. The purpose of the author is to help to constitution writers to shape a good constitutional design in order to successfully establish and maintain democratic governments. In support of this purpose‚ the main point is focused on two key elements: group autonomy and power sharing as main required attributes of
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Lijphart THE PUZZLE OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY; A CONSOCIATIONAL INTERPRETATION -india is a DDS with arguably majoritarian democracy‚ but has all elements of consoc -argues most consoc 50s-60s‚ less so after‚ conincides with increased EV-related -John Stuart Mill; dem impossible in multiethnic‚ particularly multilingual countries -power sharing theory; dem possibly in DDS only if consoc (inc all 4 elements) -majoritarian (maj) winner takes all dem concentrates power in gov/party‚ disproport -consoc
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The politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy‚ in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments. Federal legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the 13 state assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature‚ though the executive maintains
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Question For new democracies in the developing world‚ which system—presidentialism or parliamentarism— is more likely to ensure political stability? Why? And do we have a universal answer for all countries? Presidentialism and Parliamentarism are two of the most commonly practised political systems in modern politics‚ whether they be existing in pure forms or hybrid forms. Amongst the two‚ which system is more conducive to the maintenance of political stability‚ particularly in newly democratized
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Process of forming the government Singapore (Presidential form of government) The Government of Singapore is defined by the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore to mean the Executive branch of government‚ which is made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore. Although the President acts in his personal discretion in the exercise of certain functions as a check on the Cabinet and Parliament of Singapore‚ his role is largely ceremonial. It is the Cabinet‚ composed of the Prime Minister and
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CBSE-i Central Board of Secondary Education CLASS-X CBSE-i POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT I POWER SHARING TEACHERS’ MANUAL CBSE-i CLASS-X • POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT-I • Power Sharing TEACHERS’ MANUAL i Acknowledgements Conceptual Framework Shri G. Balasubramanian‚ Former Director (Acad)‚ CBSE Ms. Abha Adams‚ Consultant‚ Step-by-Step School‚ Noida Dr. Sadhana Parashar‚ Director (Training)‚ CBSE Advisory Shri Vineet Joshi‚ Chairman‚ CBSE Dr. Sadhana Parashar‚ Director
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2.1 Introduction The nature of the comparative approach At a basic level the comparative approach is simply one of making comparisons‚ something we do constantly in our everyday lives. Thinking‚ and learning‚ by making comparisons is a very natural and intuitive process for us. We use comparisons extensively in our daily thinking and interactions with people and various objects. However‚ making comparisons is not necessarily easy or without its pitfalls.
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Asymmetric Information is where one party in a transaction has less information than the other. Balance of Payment is the summation of imports and exports made between one countries and the other countries that it trades with. Balance of trade: The difference in value over a period of time between a country’s imports and exports. Barter system: System where there is an exchange of goods without involving money. Base year: In the construction of an index‚ the year from which the weights
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