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Which of the following are the kinds of party systems described by Arend Lijphart?

In his comparative analysis of democracies and plural societies, Arend Lijphart classified party systems based on patterns of elite interaction and cleavage management into…

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Which of the following are the kinds of party systems described by Arend Lijphart?

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In his comparative analysis of democracies and plural societies, Arend Lijphart classified party systems based on patterns of elite interaction and cleavage management into Consensual party systems, Conflictual (adversarial) party systems, and Accommodative (consociational) party systems.

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