Consociationalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Consociationalism is a noun meaning Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
Meaning
Political consociation; government through guaranteed group representation.
Example Sentences
Consociationalism has been described by its best-known proponent as a system of government based on a "cartel of elites."
Where consociationalism and federalism overlay one another, moreover, the continuity of the latter depends on the stability of consociationalism.
The main weakness of consociationalism is that its main successful cases have taken place in Western Europe among groups that have not been in open military conflict with each other. It cannot be established that those societies would not have remained peaceful without consociationalism.
Word Forms
- consociationism
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confessionalism, coalitionism, consensualism, confederationism, consensualist, corporatism.
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