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In this chapter, I attempt to provide some prescriptive detail to implement Peleg’s proposal for moving from a hegemonic to a consociational model of government. In contrast to the hegemonic system designed to ‘maintain, enhance and perpetuate the dominance of one ethnic group’, a consociational system is designed to offer full participation for minorities through what Peleg refers to as a power-sharing ‘deal’.1 To an outside observer, the solution may appear to be simple. The group with power must agree to give up some of its power. And the violent factions must agree to accept the compromises of the political process. A third-party mediator may assist in managing a container and process within which the necessary compromises become possible. Hence in this chapter, I shall use the notion of a ‘third-party mediator’ as a metaphor for anyone who would like to exert leadership to end ethnic conflict and advance democracy.
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O’Doherty, H. (2004). Leadership and Developing Democracy Where There is None. In: Guelke, A. (eds) Democracy and Ethnic Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523258_7
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