POLS 243 Study Guide - Final Guide: Turkish Cypriots, Good Friday Agreement, Proportional Representation
8 Dec 2016
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Pols 243: exam summaries: week #10: conflict management: consociation. Terms and concepts: ethnic power-sharing not usually power sharing between, goes beyond executive power-sharing with: ideological parties. Laws passed by simple majority = 50% +1: presidential systems: Canada 1841 1867: lower and upper canada. Cyprus 1960 1963: greek and turkish cypriots. South tyrol post (cid:883)97(cid:882)"s: german region in )taly. Bosnia and herzegovina 1995: serbs, croats, bosniak muslims: executive power-sharing: Cyprus effectively co-presidents: only if there"s a coaltition, eg. Single party power-sharing in a parliamentary system: proportionality in the public sector: Must be proportionality in: the legislature, the electoral system, the wider public sector army, police. Not all systems equally proportional: district magnitude in proportional representation systems helps determine how many seats are available, minority vetos: Can be over limited or wide-ranging matters. Can be corporate or liberal: territorial and corporate autonomy: Strong leaders: elites who do not lose followers. Multiple balance of power: more than two groups, no majority.
