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While it may be difficult to achieve and maintain stable democratic governments in countries with deep religious, ideological, linguistic, cultural, or ethnic cleavages, Lijphart argues that it is not at all impossible. Through the analysis of political systems in six continents, he demonstrates that what he calls consociational democracy can be successful in severely divided or plural societies. Here, once again, Arend Lijphart is directing our attention to matters which will surely engage much of the attention of students of comparative politics in the next decade. G. Bingham Powell, Jr., American Political Science ReviewA study which can speak to such a wide audience in political science deserves a warm welcome from the profession. Government and OppositionA copybook example of the comparative method of political analysis, as well as indispensable reading for all who have an interest in the nature and prospects of representative democracy, whether in Europe or beyond.The Times Hig

Democracy in Plural Societies

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 9 October 1980
      ISBN-13 9780300024944
      978-0300024944
      ISBN-10 0300024940
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      Constitution: government and the state

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      Book Synopsis
      While it may be difficult to achieve and maintain stable democratic governments in countries with deep religious, ideological, linguistic, cultural, or ethnic cleavages, Lijphart argues that it is not at all impossible. Through the analysis of political systems in six continents, he demonstrates that what he calls consociational democracy can be successful in severely divided or plural societies. Here, once again, Arend Lijphart is directing our attention to matters which will surely engage much of the attention of students of comparative politics in the next decade. G. Bingham Powell, Jr., American Political Science ReviewA study which can speak to such a wide audience in political science deserves a warm welcome from the profession. Government and OppositionA copybook example of the comparative method of political analysis, as well as indispensable reading for all who have an interest in the nature and prospects of representative democracy, whether in Europe or beyond.The Times Hig

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