Institutional designs for diverse democracies: Consociationalism, centripetalism and communalism compared

Benjamin Reilly*

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    Abstract

    An intense scholarly and public policy debate concerns the optimal design of institutions for new democracies, particularly those facing deep ethnic or cultural cleavages. This paper surveys the main contending models that have been advanced for ethnically diverse democracies - consociationalism, centripetalism and communalism - and examines the key components of each of those models. It then explores some aspects of their application, arguing that there is much more cross-over between the models than is commonly assumed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)259-270
    Number of pages12
    JournalEuropean Political Science
    Volume11
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012

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