AUSTRIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN CONSOCIATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE Cover Image

AUSTRIJA I BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA U KONSOCIJACIJSKOJ TEORIJI I PRAKSI
AUSTRIA AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN CONSOCIATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

Author(s): Vlade Simović, Ivan Ilić
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Comparative politics, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Univerzitet za poslovni inženjering i menadžment
Keywords: Austria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; divided societies; consociational democracy;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is models of consociational democracy in Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim is to define in a comparative analysis the similarities and differences between consociational systems of government in these two countries, their practice and scope. Based on these conclusions, we draw new knowledge in the field of activities and possibilities of consociational arrangements in the divided societies of modern Europe. The scientific justification of this paper is that through the analysis of different consociational democracies and their practical experiences, the scope of this form of democratic rule is assessed, and the conclusions are theoretically added to the existing fund of scientific knowledge about this phenomenon. The social contribution of the paper is in the fact that consociational democracy is an increasingly common solution for many divided societies and therefore the analysis of existing consociational democracies is a socially justified topic.

  • Issue Year: 4/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian