Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies: Exploring Consociational Parties

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This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India, Malaysia, and Yugoslavia. Presenting a new concept of the 'consociational party', Bogaards explores how diversity differs within parties and why it matters for social peace and democracy.

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"This new book by Matthijs Bogaards makes a significant and highly original contribution to the literature on consociational democracy by studying the seven major political parties that have been internally consociational. It constitutes a crucial theoretical advance that will be of great interest to all scholars and students who study the problems of divided societies."

- Arend Lijphart, University of California, USA

Author Bio

MatthijsBogaards is Professor of Political Science at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.