Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies: Exploring Consociational Parties [Hardcover]

This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India, Malaysia, and Yugoslavia. Presenting a new concept of the 'consociational party', Bogaards explores how diversity differs within parties and why it matters for social peace and democracy.Introduction 1. The Consociational Party 2. The Alliance Model 3. The Congress Model 4. Non-democratic Consociational Parties 5. From Inter- to Intraparty Consociationalism in South Africa? 6. The Origins and Institutional Environment of Consociational Parties Conclusion

This new book by Matthijs Bogaards makes a significant and highly original contribution to the literature on consociational democracy by studying the seven major political parties that have been internally consociational. It constitutes a crucial theoretical advance that will be of great interest to all scholars and students who study the problems of divided societies.

- Arend Lijphart, University of California, USA

Matthijs Bogaards is Professor of Political Science at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.