Ethnurgy, mobilisation, memory and trauma in consociational systems

Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif

doi:10.1111/nana.12475

Ethnurgy, mobilisation, memory and trauma in consociational systems

Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif^*

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International Relations

Lebanese American University

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12475
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019
Event	IPSA Colloquium 2017 - University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Duration: 24 Jun 2017 → 27 Jun 2017

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The author is thankful for the editors of the journals and the two anonymous reviewers. Special thanks for Professor William Harris and Associate Professor James Headley from the University of Otago who helped me formulate the theoretical background of this paper.

Keywords

civil war
collective memory
consociationalism

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