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Consociational Democracy
Arend Lijphart · World Politics 21(2), 207–225 · 1969
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Lijphart described consociational democracy by four principles: grand coalition, mutual veto, proportionality, and segmental autonomy, offered as an alternative to majority rule in deeply divided societies.
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