POLI 227 Lecture : POLI 227 Consociationalism and Federalism.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 227
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Ethnicities live in close proximity to one another. Federalism is when a power sharing government is formed due to the wants of the people to unite however to keep their individual identities. Federalism allows ethnic groups concentrated in a region to govern themselves. Federalism has been more successful in industrialized countries rather than less developed countries. Switzerland (german, french and italian vs yugoslavia (serbs, However federalism can only be successful when each individual ethnicity is concentrated in a certain area. Consociationalism: it is another form of power sharing government aimed at preventing ethnic conflict. Consociationalism is aimed at giving all its participants guarantee of security and stability. Consociationalism is usually adopted when various ethnicities live in proximity to one another within a sovereign state. The leaders of the ethnic groups form a coalition at the national level.