Consociational democracy as a tool for conflict resolution in plural societies
(2014) STVK02 20141Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The fragmentation of the Turkish society into religious, ethnic and ideological cleavages, as a result of a series of historical events, has led to armed conflicts and a series of military coups, claiming the life of thousands throughout history. Suffering from a democratic deficit, the Turkish state has repeatedly failed to create a system of democratic institutions that accommodates the interests and demands, of the diverse groups of the Turkish society. In this study I have investigated the possibilities for consociational democracy to work as a tool for conflict resolution in Turkey. Consociational democracy is a well-established method of conflict resolution, suggesting a power-shared system among different segments in a plural... (More)
- The fragmentation of the Turkish society into religious, ethnic and ideological cleavages, as a result of a series of historical events, has led to armed conflicts and a series of military coups, claiming the life of thousands throughout history. Suffering from a democratic deficit, the Turkish state has repeatedly failed to create a system of democratic institutions that accommodates the interests and demands, of the diverse groups of the Turkish society. In this study I have investigated the possibilities for consociational democracy to work as a tool for conflict resolution in Turkey. Consociational democracy is a well-established method of conflict resolution, suggesting a power-shared system among different segments in a plural society. Thus the research question of this work is: What are the possibilities for consociational democracy to work as a tool for conflict resolution in Turkey? In order to answer this question, I have focused on the case by using a case study with a deductive approach, thus allowing the theory to guide the analysis. The study shows that there are potentials for a solution of partly consociational nature, although a fully consociational solution at the present may appear rather unlikely. (Less)
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- author
- Eliassi Sarzali, Sayran LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Power-sharing in Turkey
- course
- STVK02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Islamists, Seculars, Kurds, Consociationalism, Power-sharing
- language
- English
- id
- 4448385
- date added to LUP
- 2014-07-07 14:55:44
- date last changed
- 2014-07-07 14:55:44
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abstract = {{The fragmentation of the Turkish society into religious, ethnic and ideological cleavages, as a result of a series of historical events, has led to armed conflicts and a series of military coups, claiming the life of thousands throughout history. Suffering from a democratic deficit, the Turkish state has repeatedly failed to create a system of democratic institutions that accommodates the interests and demands, of the diverse groups of the Turkish society. In this study I have investigated the possibilities for consociational democracy to work as a tool for conflict resolution in Turkey. Consociational democracy is a well-established method of conflict resolution, suggesting a power-shared system among different segments in a plural society. Thus the research question of this work is: What are the possibilities for consociational democracy to work as a tool for conflict resolution in Turkey? In order to answer this question, I have focused on the case by using a case study with a deductive approach, thus allowing the theory to guide the analysis. The study shows that there are potentials for a solution of partly consociational nature, although a fully consociational solution at the present may appear rather unlikely.}},
author = {{Eliassi Sarzali, Sayran}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Consociational democracy as a tool for conflict resolution in plural societies}},
year = {{2014}},
}