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Is consociational democracy more democratic than majoritarian democracy? Is consociational democracy more democratic than majoritarian democracy? To be able to answer such a question, we firstly need to explore the meaning of the word democracy. After having done so, I will investigate the origins of consociational democracy, by looking at the man that coined the term; this will be followed by a few paragraphs analysing the positive and negative characteristics of consociational democracy. Once this type of democracy is fully understood, I will examine majoritarian democracy; in this section I will, similarly to consociational democracy, look at the most important characteristics of this model. After having recognized both democracy's, it will be necessary to interlink them to reach a reasonable conclusion; I this section of the essay I will bring into consideration some view of political theorist Arend Lijphart. In conclusion I will produce a small overview of both consociational...

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