Talk:Consociationalism

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  • I only started wikifying this pages, alot more work to go. Especially for rewriting alot of the criticism paragraphs to make more sense. --EatAlbertaBeef 03:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I have changed this from wikification to copy-editing.--EatAlbertaBeef 22:04, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] copyedit +/- done -- needs content work

Interesting! I learned some stuff while working on it. So the grammer is now pretty much together. Some content suggestions for someone who is more familiar with this subject.

  • Explain "accommodation"
  • Define "stable democracy"
  • Citations! Especially for the criticism sections and for quotes.
  • When did Lijphart forulate the theory?
  • In the Other Crit. section, who said what? Then give citations.
  • I removed Calif./Alaska example -- find one from a consociationist society?
  • What does "survival of arrangement" mean? Clarify and add descriptors to Goals section.
  • Rewrite Positives section.
  • Did I mention, Citations!

Psora 04:30, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If anyone is at a university, a lot of the pertinent articles can be found on the JSTOR database. Especially Lijphart's original Consociational Democracy articles from the 1960s, and even some of his more recent publications (1990s). ProQuest is another good way to get a hold of some of his stuff, especially the more recent work. I wrote a fairly extensive case study analysis of Consociational Theory for a graduate poli sci seminar about 7 months ago. When the quarter is over, I could take another look at my sources and try to include some appropriate quotes and citations.

I think we could best merge & move this article to the non-existence article Consensus democracy (Arend Lijphart), because that term would be more encompassing. We could base the article on Patterns of Democracy and earlier works of Lijphart, which I happen to be surrounded by. I actually am in the process of writing an article on Patterns of Democracy & consensus democracy and have a relatively short and useful introduction nearby. C mon 16:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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