Essays about: "Lijphart"

Found 4 essays containing the word Lijphart.

  1. 1. Consociational Democracy and The Prospects of Agonistic Peace: A Mixed Method Study of the Effects of Lebanese Power-Sharing from 2006 to 2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zacharias Spindler; [2023]
    Keywords : Key words: Consociational democracy; Lebanon; power-sharing; agonistic peace; government immobilism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract The thesis highlights the need for a broader understanding of consociational democracy and its relationship with government immobilism and agonistic peace. Being a mixed study of the period 2006 to 2022, it suggests that the existing theory of consociational democracy, as proposed by Arend Lijphart (1969) overlooks the cyclical nature of these factors in Lebanon. READ MORE

  3. 2. Consociationalism in Northern Ireland : Power-sharing as making or breaking a national identity?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Elsa Olofsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Northern Ireland; Consociationalism; the Good Friday Agreement; Role of Membership; Nationalism National Identity;

    Abstract : The Northern Irish conflict known as the Troubles reached a peace process in 1998, through the framework of the Good Friday Agreement. Infused in the agreement are the traits of consociationalism, a theory often articulated by Professor Arend Lijphart. READ MORE

  4. 3. Democratic Political Institutions in The New Federal Iraq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Yosra Khalil Wahab; [2008]
    Keywords : Iraq; Iraq s new constitution; Democratic political institutions Effective participation; Federalism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After the fall of Saddam regime, Iraq has been trying to renew its political system in line of democratic norms and principles already present in the western democracies. Many things have been changed in Iraq with aiming to establish a new democratic country. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Constitution of Kosovo or Ahtisaari? A Qualitative Case-Study on the Process of Constitution-Making

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Arian Ratkoceri; [2008]
    Keywords : Kosovo; constitution-making; consociational theory; negotiations; international influence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the process of constitution-making in Kosovo. It aims at giving an insight into the process and the negotiations leading up to the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, and the impact the international community has had on this. READ MORE