Israel and the consociational mode: religion and class in the Israeli party system, from consociationalism to consensualism to majoritarianism

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Abstract

Consociational theory has had a significant impact on the comparative study of West European democracies. There are, however, a few countries outside Western Europe which have received attention from scholars of consociational democracy and have been identified as consociational at some point in their history, among them Lebanon, Colombia, Malaysia and Uruguay. Regrettably, consociational practices in most of these countries were unable to fulfill their basic role of maintaining political stability amid a deeply fragmented political culture.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationParty elites in divided societies
Subtitle of host publicationpolitical parties in consociational democracy
EditorsKris Deschouwer, Kurt Richard Luther
Place of PublicationLondon, New York
PublisherRoutledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter7
Pages163-188
Number of pages26
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9780203165294
ISBN (Print)0415201276
StatePublished - 1999

Publication series

NameRoutledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
Volume1

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