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Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa
Bibliography: pages 180-190.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/15831 Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa Cobb, Shane Kent Coalition (Social sciences) Democracy Political science - South Africa Consensus (Social sciences) Bibliography: pages 180-190. The purpose of this paper is to survey the literature of consociational theory, assess its validity as a conceptual model, and to analyse both its relevance and utility as a potential framework of conflict regulation in South Africa. The paper is divided into five chapters: an overview of consociational theory as it is presented by its leading exponents; a critique of the theory's methodology and major suppositions; a modified model of consociational democracy in light of the theoretical criticisms; an application and evaluation of the modified model to South Africa; and, finally, some observations about consociational democracy's possible viability as a transitory mechanism between the present system and black majority-rule in a unitary system. The objective is to illustrate that consociational government is, normatively, an inadequate constitutional system for South Africa and, more broadly, for polities characterised by extreme ethnic or economic conflict. 2015-12-20T15:30:50Z 2015-12-20T15:30:50Z 1989 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15831 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Coalition (Social sciences) Democracy Political science - South Africa Consensus (Social sciences) Cobb, Shane Kent Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa |
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| title | Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa |
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| title_short | Consociational democracy : the model and its relevance to conflict regulation in South Africa |
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| topic | Coalition (Social sciences) Democracy Political science - South Africa Consensus (Social sciences) |
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