Contesting Power-sharing
Contentious Politics in Divided Societies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7514336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Nagle (0000-0001-8836-9942, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author), Simon Mabon (0000-0003-0689-9849, Lancaster City Council) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-117 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449057.2025.2583797 |
| OpenAlex | W4416191605 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This introduction outlines an agenda for research on protest and power-sharing. Power-sharing scholarship has ignored grassroots contentious politics, viewing protest as a threat to the top-down model of consociationalism. Protest is thus seen as a destabilizing force, narrowing the ground needed for power-sharing elites to engage in moderative behaviour required for peace. This introductory article argues that citizen-led protest represents a broad spectrum of approaches to power-sharing, ranging from support to outright opposition. In this way, rather than simply a subverting type of politics, protest is a major arena for struggles for democracy in power-sharing systems
Contentious politics · Democracy · Grassroots · Politics · Scholarship · Social movement · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
Social Movements in Violently Divided Societies
Electoral Protest and Democracy in the Developing World
Political marginalization of “Others” in consociational regimes
Understanding Power‐Sharing Performance
Consociationalism is Dead! Long Live Zombie Power‐Sharing
Power-sharing after the Arab Spring? Insights from Lebanon’s Political Transition
Civic Mobilization in Divided Societies and the Perils of Political Engagement
Taif and the Lebanese State
Others in Deeply Divided Societies
Reshaping Citizenship through Collective Action
We want a country’
Disarticulation and chains of equivalence
Who responds to protest? Protest politics and party responsiveness in Western Europe
South African democracy
The Myth of Women’s Political Empowerment within Lebanon’s Sectarian Power-Sharing System
The Perception of the Legitimacy of Citizens’ Assemblies in Deeply Divided Places? Evidence of Public and Elite Opinion from Consociational Northern Ireland
Radical movement-parties, political change and the epistemology of elections
Consociational settlements in deeply divided societies
Sectarianization and De-sectarianization in the Struggle for Iraq’s Political Field
Post-Conflict State Building
Conceptualizing Political Opportunity
Cannibal states, empty bellies
Protesting power-sharing
Beyond ethnic entrenchment and amelioration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |