Konsocijativna demokratija u postkonfliktnim društvima
Consociational Democracy in Post-Conflict Societies
Author(s): Nikola BeljinacSubject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Social development, Sociology of Politics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: consociational democracy; post-conflict society; stability; democratization;
Summary/Abstract: The paper researches the influences which consociational democracy institutions have on the processes of pacification and democratization in post conflict societies. The introductory part identifies two approaches to studying consociational democracy: the first, which recommends consociational democracy as a desirable democratic model for deeply divided societies, and the second, which sees consociation exclusively as a successful mechanism for managing conflicts without high democratic potentials. Both approaches are examined in the example of post conflict societies. There is an opinion that the basic function of consociational institutions in post conflict societies is to prevent the reoccurrence of violence, and not the development of democracy.
Journal: Politeia - Naučni časopis Fakulteta političkih nauka u Banjoj Luci za društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 2/2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 199-208
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Serbian