The power-sharing literature lacks a review that synthesizes its findings, despite spanning
over 50 years since Arend Lijphart published his seminal 1969 article 'Consociational …

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 …

In the past decades, New Institutionalism in political science has rekindled an interest in the
role of institutions and has theorized the interaction between formal and informal institutions …

Nearly all the peace accords signed in the last two decades have included power-sharing in
one form or another. The notion of both majority and minority segments co-operating for the …

Violently divided societies present major challenges to institutions seeking to establish
peace in places characterised by ethnic conflict and high levels of social segregation. Yet …

Mounting evidence indicates that power-sharing supports transitions to democracy.
However, the resulting quality of democracy remains understudied. Given the increasing …

Comparative Constitutional Studies takes a rich area of research and teaching and makes it
attractive for the classroom setting and beyond. Every constitution has an interesting story to …

As the introduction to the special issue titled Democratisation in Divided Places: Designing
Power-Sharing Institutions for Broad Inclusion, this article situates the themes, issues, and …

Consociationalism has become a key institutional mechanism for managing conflict after
civil war. Proponents argue that a period of consociational influence can contribute to the …

Polities that follow the consociational model of democracy adopt power-sharing provisions,
guaranteeing a certain number of seats to representatives of their societies' main ethnic …