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

Which of the following are the kinds of party systems described by Arendt Lijphart? Correct Answer Consensual party system, Conflictual party system and Accommodative party system

Arendt Lijphart is a political scientist who specializes in comparative politics, elections and voting methods, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics.

Key Points

  • Lijphart is the foremost expert on consociationalism. 
  • His major works are The Politics of Accommodation: Pluralism and Democracy in the Netherlands (1968), Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method (1971), Democracy in Plural Societies: A Comparative Exploration (1977), Democracy in Plural Societies (1977), Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian & Consensus Government in Twenty-one Countries (1984),  Patterns of Democracy (1999). 
  • According to Lijphart, parties can be Consensual party system, Conflictual party system and Accommodative party system
  • Consensual party system: under this system decisions or policy-making are based on the consensus among the different parties. 
  • Conflictual party system: parties are antagonists to each other. 
  • Accommodative party system: under this different parties tries to accommodate each other for policy making or decision making. 

Thus, the Consensual party system, Conflictual party system and Accommodative party system are the kinds of party systems described by Arendt Lijphart.

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