Editing Democracy (section)

====Consociational====
{{Main|Consociational democracy}}

Consociational democracy, also called [[consociationalism]], is a form of democracy based on power-sharing formula between elites representing the social groups within the society. In 1969, Arendt Lijphart argued this would stabilize democracies with factions.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Arend|first=Lijphart|date=January 1969|title=Consociational Democracy|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/consociational-democracy/BB47BF2A5A4EBAE341FD3FA4E262410F|journal=World Politics|volume=21|issue=2|pages=207–225|doi=10.2307/2009820|jstor=2009820|s2cid=251572712}}</ref> A consociational democracy allows for simultaneous majority votes in two or more ethno-religious constituencies, and policies are enacted only if they gain majority support from both or all of them. The [[Qualified majority voting]] rule in [[European Council of Ministers]] is a consociational democracy approach for supranational democracies. This system in [[Treaty of Rome]] allocates votes to member states in part according to their population, but heavily weighted in favour of the smaller states. A consociational democracy requires consensus of representatives, while consensus democracy requires consensus of electorate.{{update inline|date=February 2024|reason=The only source cited is from 1969 – needs update on the latest scholarship regarding how these experiments have or have not worked}}