The Politics of Accommodation

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The Politics of Accommodation is a seminal political science book by Arend Lijphart that analyzes how deeply divided societies can achieve stable democracy through power-sharing and elite cooperation.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
political science book
academicDiscipline political science
aimsToExplain how divided societies can achieve stable democracy
analyzes institutional mechanisms for conflict regulation
relations among political elites
author Arend Lijphart NERFINISHED
countryOfFocus Netherlands NERFINISHED
describedBySource seminal work on power-sharing in divided societies
examines interaction between social cleavages and political institutions
role of elite pacts in democratic stability
fieldOfWork comparative politics
political science
focusesOn deeply divided societies
institutional design
stable democracy
genre academic literature
hasAuthor Arend Lijphart NERFINISHED
hasConcept consensus democracy
elite accommodation
pillarization
segmental cleavages
hasImpactOn debates on constitutional design in divided societies
policy discussions on power-sharing governments
hasPerspective comparative
institutionalist
influenced research on ethnic conflict management
studies of power-sharing in plural societies
theory of consensus democracy
language English
mainSubject consociational democracy
democracy in divided societies
elite cooperation
power-sharing
notableFor development of consociational theory
systematic analysis of power-sharing arrangements
proposesTheory consociationalism
relatedWork Democracy in Plural Societies NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 20th century Dutch politics
targetAudience scholars of political science
students of comparative politics
usedAs reference work in comparative politics courses

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Arend Lijphart notableWork The Politics of Accommodation