Tables
Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Consociationalism and Consensus Democracy in Theory and Practice
Introduction
The Development of the Consociational Model
The Model
Nine Conditions Favorable to Consociationalism
Consociationalism and Its Critics
Majoritarian and Consensus Democracy
Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Development of Consociationalism in Imperial Austrian
Introduction
Historical Background and Terminology
Favorable and Unfavorable Conditions for Consociational Democracy in Imperial Austria
Imperial Austria as a Semi-Democratic, Proto-Consociational Political System
Regional Compromises as Semi-Democratic Consociationalism
Historians' Criticisms, National Flexibility and the Institutionalization of Ethnicity
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Czechoslovakia as a Consociational Democracy
Introduction
The Diplomatic Career of Lewis Einstein
The Favorable Conditions for Consociational Democracy in Czechoslovakia
The Components of Consociational Democracy in Czechoslovakia
Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Consociational Model and Interwar Slovakia
Introduction
The Favorable Conditions for Consociational Democracy in Slovakia
The Benefits of Participation
The Components of Consociational Democracy in Slovakia
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Evidence of Consociationalism in Central Europe
Contributions to Consociational Theory
Historical Approaches to Consociationalism
Biographies of the Authors
Index
