1. Consensus Democracies and Majoritarian Systems
I have selected the UK as it is both the "original and best-known example" (Lijphart, 1999, p.9) of the majoritarian model, while the Netherlands is a strong consensus democracy and is easily comparable to the UK as both countries are European and parliamentary countries. ... In consensus democracies minorities are better represented and there is more of a sense that every vote counts. ... The reason why consensus democracies may participate to a greater extent than majoritarian systems is because there is fairer representation, and in this way consensus democracies perform better. ...
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