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<p><b>Consociationalism</b> ( ) is a form of democratic <a href="page.php?w=power_sharing">power sharing</a>. <a href="page.php?w=Political_science">Political scientists</a> define a consociational <a href="page.php?w=State_%28polity%29">state</a> as one which has major internal divisions along ethnic, religious, or linguistic lines, but which remains stable due to consultation among the <a href="page.php?w=elite">elite</a>s of these groups. Consociational states are often contrasted with states with <a href="page.php?w=majoritarian">majoritarian electoral systems</a>.</p><p>
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