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Consociational Democracy
Abstract
In Gabriel A. Almond's famous typology of political systems, first expounded in 1956, he distinguishes three types of Western democratic systems: Anglo-American political systems (exemplified by Britain and the United States), Continental European political systems (France, Germany, and Italy), and a third category consisting of the Scandinavian and Low Countries. The third type is not given a distinct label and is not described in detail; Almond merely states that the countries belonging to this type “combine some of the features of the Continental European and the Anglo-American” political systems, and “stand somewhere in between the Continental pattern and the Anglo-American.” Almond's threefold typology has been highly influential in the comparative analysis of democratic politics, although, like any provocative and insightful idea, it has also been criticized. This research note will discuss the concept of “consociational democracy” in a constructive attempt to refine and elaborate Almond's typology of democracies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lijphart, A.
- Venue
- World Politics
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 1969-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 207-225
- ISSN
- 0043-8871 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3338
- OpenAlex
- W4246410747
- Cited by
- 1,215
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 53.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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