consociationalism
- noun
- /kənˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənəlɪzəm/
- Specialized
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consociacionalismo
- The allure of consociationalism was its understanding that state authority could not achieve legitimacy without inclusiveness.
- the decline of consociationalism
Examples
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Many countries adopt consociationalism to maintain stability in societies with diverse religious communities.
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The literature on federalism and consociationalism is invaluable in this regard, but our understanding of these institutional frameworks remains underdeveloped.
Academic text (1993) -
There are various helpful, though not essential, preconditions for the success of consociationalism.
Academic text (1991) -
In the specific conditions obtaining in Israel, there is a significant tension between a formal constitution and consociationalism.
Academic text (1996) -
Perplexed by the politics of consociationalism, the Ministry of Education failed to express or even to maintain a consistent educational policy.
Academic text (2002) -
Our second, concomitant claim is that this decline in consociationalism strongly influenced Israeli voting patterns during the recent election.
Academic text (1996) -
Finally, a word should be added on consociationalism as a means of governing deeply segmented polities.
Academic text (1991) -
Steenkamp also cites Professor Lijphart's earlier works on consociationalism several times while warning of the danger of the domination of the minority by the majority.
Academic text (1990) -
In spite of the revisions that the religious camp succeeded in introducing, it is easy to discern the retreat from consociationalism involved in the passage of these Basic Laws.
Academic text (1996) -
In Hungary, on the other hand, there is strong verbal and some substantive support for the acceptance of minority rights, though little for consociationalism, and the Gypsies are only now being accepted as a minority at all.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
A way of running government where different groups, like religious communities, share power
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
consociationalism = consociational (opaque) = con + sociat + al + ism
Although formed by a regular suffixation of 'consociational' + -ism, the term denotes a specialized political theory and its precise meaning is not derivable by an average B1 learner from the parts alone.
Etymology
Consociationalism comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and socius 'companion' or 'ally', the same root you see in social and society. So, consociationalism describes a political system where different groups share power 'together' like allies, which helps keep peace and fair representation.