Editing Consensus democracy (section)

==Examples==
[[File:NorthWest Territories Legislature Plan 2014 19 Members.svg|thumb|right|The 2019 [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories]] is an example of consensus government: all [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]s are non-partisan and together elect the [[Premier of the Northwest Territories|Premier]] and Cabinet.]] 
Consensus democracy is most closely embodied in certain countries such as [[Politics of Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[Politics of Germany|Germany]], [[Proporz|Austria]], [[Politics of Denmark|Denmark]], [[Politics of Lebanon|Lebanon]], [[Sweden]], [[Iraq]], and [[Belgium]], where consensus is an important feature of political culture, particularly with a view to preventing the domination of one linguistic or cultural group in the political process.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lijphart |first=A. |title=Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms & Performance in Thirty-six Countries |date=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0-300-07893-5 |location=New Haven}}</ref> The term [[consociational state]] is used in political science to describe countries with such consensus based political systems. An example of such a system could be the Dutch [[Poldermodel]].
Many parties in Lebanon call for applying consensus democracy, especially at times of crisis.

[[Tripartism]] applies consensus democracy to economic policy by fostering [[social dialogue]] between opposing interest groups, primarily [[National trade union center|national trade unions]] and [[Employers' organization|employers' organizations]].

Consensus government chiefly arises in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan democracies]] and similar systems in which a majority of politicians are [[independent (politics)|independent]]. Many former British territories with large [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] populations use consensus government to fuse traditional tribal leadership with the [[Westminster system]]. [[Consensus government in Canada]] is used in the [[Northwest Territories]] and [[Nunavut]], as well as the autonomous [[Nunatsiavut]] region, and similar systems have arisen in the Pacific [[island nation]]s of [[Politics of Fiji|Fiji]], [[Politics of Tuvalu|Tuvalu]] and [[Politics of Vanuatu|Vanuatu]], as well as the ancient [[Tynwald]] of the [[Isle of Man]].<ref name="Cabinets">{{cite book|title=Cabinets and First Ministers|pages=58–63|author=Graham White|year=2011|publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0774842143}}</ref>