Scholars argue that consociationalism has become the preferred institutional tool of choice
for the international community when seeking an end to civil war. This paper argues that …

This paper looks at the applicability of formal, informal, liberal and corporate
consociationalism to Iraq. It examines the drafting of the Iraqi constitution in 2005 and the …

From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American
college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stories, humor, beliefs, rituals, and …

How do consociations come in and out of being? How do consociations work, that is, how do
they resolve potential political crises and other forms of deadlock between power-sharing …

Consociational power sharing has become one of the leading mechanisms of governance
introduced in deeply divided post-conflict societies. When communal divisions seem …

Consociational democracy is a well-known recipe for managing divided societies, but critics
have questioned the functionality of the power-sharing it prescribes. When different …

The aim of this special feature is to reflect theoretically and normatively on consociational
power‐sharing, take stock of its empirical record in Lebanon and Iraq, and interrogate its …

Consociationalism's uneven performance has focussed attention on the (possible) end
stage of power-sharing systems. Northern Ireland, once lauded a consociational success, is …

Full article: Special Issue Introduction: Consociationalism and the State: Lebanon and Iraq in
Comparative Perspective Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage Taylor …

Building on an original dataset, this paper explores the evolution of the consociational
power-sharing at critical junctures in Burundi. Covering almost two decades of power …