Etnisiteit en groepsverteenwoordiging in die staatkunde : 'n vergelykende studie

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this dissertation is the development of an operationalanalytical model to illustrate the possibility of successfullyresolving or managing conflict in plural societies by effectivelyaccommodating different geographically dispersed ethnic groups asgroups in democratic constitutional structures and processes in thesesocieties.The few existing models or theories of this kind (i e pluralism, consociationalism,corporatism, personalism/integral federalism) are eithertoo vague or too incomplete to operationalise effectively. The dynamicresurgence of ethnicity across the world stresses the need for such aworkable model, especially in view of important prevailing misconceptionsabout the nature of the phenomenon of ethnicity and itsimplications for effective democratic conflict resolution in pluralsocieties.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University