A political philosophy or system that emphasizes power-sharing agreements between different groups in a divided society.
Formed from 'consociation' plus the -ism suffix, indicating an ideology or system. Developed as an academic concept in the mid-20th century political science.
Consociationism turned an old Dutch compromise system into a modern academic theory that some governments literally base their constitutions on—it's philosophy that actually runs countries.
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