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Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement 2. What Critics of Consociation Can Learn from Northern Ireland
Article first published online: 14 MAR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2006.00178.x
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How to Cite
McGarry, J. and O'Leary, B. (2006), Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement 2. What Critics of Consociation Can Learn from Northern Ireland. Government and Opposition, 41: 249–277. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2006.00178.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 MAR 2006
- Article first published online: 14 MAR 2006
Abstract
In the second of two articles the authors show what integrationist critics of consociational theory can learn from the case of Northern Ireland, namely, that consociation may be more realistic than integration, that a ‘grand coalition’ may have more virtue than the ‘minimum-winning’ variety, that consociations can be both liberal and democratic, and that PR-STV has considerable advantages over integrationists’ preferred electoral system, the Alternative Vote.