The Netherlands: still a consociational democracy?

After a short introduction on the genesis and development of the general consociational democracy model, the paper discusses: 1. the extent to which the Netherlands did embody the consociational democracy model as developed by Arend Lijphart at the end of the 1960s; 2. social changes since then which have caused the crumbling of the once distinct subcultures; 3. attempts at a majoritarian restructuring of the Dutch political system; 4. attacks on corporatist structures in the name of partisan) electoral primacy; 5. persisting consociational features of the system, rooted in elite political cul... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Daalder, Hans
Dokumenttyp: research report
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Verlag/Hrsg.: AUT
Schlagwörter: Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme / Systems of governments & states / Staat / staatliche Organisationsformen / Political System / Constitution / Government / politisches System / Konkordanzdemokratie / sozialer Wandel / Partei / soziale Faktoren / Korporatismus / Subkultur / Niederlande / Netherlands / party / consociational democracy / corporatism / subculture / social change / social factors
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29229836
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
Powered By: BASE
Link(s) : http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/26684

After a short introduction on the genesis and development of the general consociational democracy model, the paper discusses: 1. the extent to which the Netherlands did embody the consociational democracy model as developed by Arend Lijphart at the end of the 1960s; 2. social changes since then which have caused the crumbling of the once distinct subcultures; 3. attempts at a majoritarian restructuring of the Dutch political system; 4. attacks on corporatist structures in the name of partisan) electoral primacy; 5. persisting consociational features of the system, rooted in elite political culture on the one hand, and strong traditions of autonomy for minorities on the other. A separate appendix discusses the extent to which changed social circumstances have affected the role of political parties. [author's abstract]