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5 - Rethinking Democracy

from Part II - Revisiting Assumptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2023

Limor Yehuda
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Peacemaking practice shows that national minorities are aware of the shortcomings of liberal democracy and human rights to secure their fundamental interests, and when they come to the negotiating table their focal points are not bills of rights, but rather inclusive political institutions. This political inclusivity often involves the use of power-sharing democracy, a political framework that intentionally accommodates competing ethno-national groups within the state’s governing structures. Many experts, nongovernmental organizations, scholars, and policymakers have also recommended power-sharing as the more adequate institutional design for such places. This chapter evaluates democratic power-sharing vis-è-vis the more common model of majoritarian democracy to support the argument that a revision of our taken-for-granted assumptions about what “proper” democracy looks like is needed. To illustrate the general observations, the chapter reviews the use of power-sharing systems in Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Northern Ireland.

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Collective Equality
Human Rights and Democracy in Ethno-National Conflicts
, pp. 133 - 166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Rethinking Democracy
  • Limor Yehuda, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Collective Equality
  • Online publication: 20 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090988.007
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  • Rethinking Democracy
  • Limor Yehuda, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Collective Equality
  • Online publication: 20 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090988.007
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  • Rethinking Democracy
  • Limor Yehuda, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Collective Equality
  • Online publication: 20 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009090988.007
Available formats
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