Polity Atlas
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Democracy in Plural Societies: A Comparative Exploration

Arend Lijphart · Yale University Press · 1977

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Arend Lijphart

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DisputedScholars disagree about whether consociational power-sharing stabilises divided societies or entrenches the divisions; Horowitz favours incentives for cross-group voting, and in Sejdić and Finci (2009) the European Court of Human Rights found Bosnia's reserved offices discriminatory.EstablishedLijphart conceptualised consociationalism, a model for stable democracy in deeply divided societies built on grand coalitions, segmental autonomy, proportionality and a minority veto, in contrast to majoritarianism.