Democracy in Plural Societies: A Comparative Exploration 9780300158182
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Democracy in Plural Societies
Democracy in Plural Societies A COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION
A rend Lijphart
NEW HAVEN AND LONDON
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Copyright© 1977 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers.
Printed in the United States of America
Libra~r of Congress
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Lijphart, Arend. Democracy in plural societies. Includes index. 1. Democracy.
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Pluralism (Social sciences)
3· Underdeveloped areas-Politics and government. 4· Comparative government. I. Title. JC42 I.L54
32 1.8
ISBN 978-0-300-02494-4
77-7631
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To Yamile and Carlos Andres
Contents Acknowledgments 1. Plural Societies and Democratic Regimes A Challenge to Democratic Pessimists ~~~m
Plural Societies and Democracy in the First World Separation of Powers and Overlapping Memberships Plural Societies and Party Systems Deviant Cases Plural Societies and Democracy in the Third World Overdrawn Contrasts between the First and Third Worlds 2. Consociational Democracy Grand Coalition Varieties of Grand Coalitions Mutual Veto Proportionality Segmental Autonomy and Federalism Secession and Partition Disadvantages of Consociational Democracy 3· Favorable Conditions for Consociational Democracy The Balance of Power Multiparty Systems Size and Consociational Democracy The Structure of Cleavages Crosscutting Cleavages Overarching Loyalties Representative Party Systems Segmental Isolation and Federalism Traditions of Elite Accommodation 4· Consociational Elements in Nonconsociational Democracies A Typology of Democratic Regimes vii
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Contents
Centripetal Democracies Centrifugal Democracies Semiconsociational Democracy: Canada Semiconsociational Democracy: Israel The Limits of Consodationalism: Northern Ireland !l· Consociational Democracy in the Third World The Lewis Model Consociational Democracy in Lebanon, 1943-1975 Consociational Democracy in Malaysia, 1955-1969 Lebanon and Malaysia: Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions Consociational Failure in Cyprus, 1960-1963 Democratic Failure in Nigeria, 1957-1966 Third World Conditions: A General Appraisal Ambivalent Fa