ISBN:
9783030141912
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (391 pages)
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DDC:
303.69
Keywords:
Conflict management..
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Peace-building
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 What Is Consociation? -- Lijphart's Concept of Consociation -- Grand Coalition -- Segmental Autonomy -- Proportionality -- Veto Power -- Does the System Promote Stability in Plural Societies? -- References -- Part I A Quantitative Assessment of Consociation -- Chapter 3 The Plural Societies for Which Consociation Is Prescribed -- References -- Chapter 4 Empirically Depicting Consociation's Role -- Part 1: Dependent Variable Representing the Goal of Stability -- Part 2: Independent Variables Representing Consociation -- Segmental Autonomy -- Proportionality -- Minority Veto Power -- Part 3: Control Variables -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Quantitative Results -- Describing the Data -- Statistical Results -- Multiple Regression Analyses -- Scatterplots -- Factor Analyses -- Assessing the Value of These Quantitative Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Comparison of this Project's Quantitative Findings with Others' Evaluations of Consociation's Effects -- Responses to Lijphart's Work in This Area: Is It Scientifically Falsifiable? -- Critical Analyses of the Conditions Identified by Lijphart as Conducive to Consociation's Success -- Previous Quantitative Evaluations of Concepts Related to Consociation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II A Qualitative Examination of Consociation's Role in Seven Cases -- Chapter 7 Supposed Cases of Historical Success Experiencing Significant Instability: Canada and Belgium -- Canada -- Belgium -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Some of Consociation's Most Celebrated Successes: Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Austria -- Switzerland -- The Netherlands -- Austria -- Conclusion -- References.
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