Konsocijacijske interpretacije Europske unije: kritički pregled
Consociational Interpretations of the European Union: A Critial Review

Summary/Abstract: This article critically presents and examines consociational interpretations of the European Union. The first part of article explains obstacles and basic principles in applying consociationalism to the European Union. The second part of the article presents analyses of political institutions and political dynamics of the European Union based on Arend Lijpharts’s model of consociational democracy. The third part of article presents research insights on the type of consociation in the European Union, while the fourth part reviews explanations of genesis of consociational arrangements in the European Union. Concluding part discusses methodological problem and heuristic contribution of consociational interpretations of the European Union.

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