Abstract
I intend to study three characteristics of deeply divided societies that hinder consociationalism: ethnurgy (politicisation of ethnic identities), mobilisation, memory and trauma. My argument is that consociational practices may be hampered by non-structural elements, which is a break-away from the classical study of consociationalism which focuses on institutional functions and external actors. By studying consociationalism from this new dimension, I intend to show that internal factors are critical in understanding the threats and pressure of any consociational arrangement, in an attempt to create better power sharing arrangements and/or improve the existing consociational provisions in deeply divided societies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 564-586 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Nations and Nationalism |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 5 Oct 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
Event | IPSA Colloquium 2017 - University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Duration: 24 Jun 2017 → 27 Jun 2017 |
Keywords
- civil war
- collective memory
- consociationalism