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Consensus and Consensus Democracy: Cultural, Structural, Functional, and Rational‐Choice Explanations

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: Five examples of the origin, operation, and consequences of consensus democracy and closely related democratic forms (the politics of accommodation, consociational democracy, and power‐sharing democracy) illustrate the relative strengths of cultural, structural, functional, and rational‐choice explanations. The examples show that each of these explanations plays a crucial role in at least one of the five situations. Hence they suggest that it is unwise to assume that one particular approach predominates to such an extent that it should be the ruling paradigm for political research.

Source: Scandinavian Political Studies

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1998.tb00007.x

Author: Arend Lijphart

Institution: University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: Political Theory and Democracy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1976904464

FWCI: 6.704

Cites: 13

Cited by: 104

Related to: 10