Dyadic Federations and Confederations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6375035
AutoresIvo D Duchacek (autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Data de publicação1988-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPublius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037720
OpenAlexW2334405427
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13

This article focuses on the thirteen-odd bicommunal polities in which two, and only two, distinct communities dominate the political arena. The concept of a bicommunal polity is analytical rather than statistical. Permanent asymmetry characterizing the two components makes a simple majoritarian formula for decisionmaking processes unacceptable. What other decisional frameworks have a greater chance for success: federalism, federalism with a heavy dose of confederal ingredients, regional confederation, consociationalism or secession? A confederal modification of federalism has so far appeared as more acceptable to two asymmetric and antagonistic polities than a concept of a federal union with its commitment to an overarching cultural-political national union. The high failure rate of bicommunal configurations points also to the necessity to relate the inner working of bicommunal polities to international balancing processes and/or support or abstinence of “blood-related” nation-states

Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Federalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Secession · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration