Consociationalism, Equality and Intersectionality: Lessons from Northern Ireland and Belgium

Clare Rice

Chapter 8 in Research Handbook on Global Governance, 2025, pp 152-169 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Academic research looking across the literatures of consociationalism, equality and intersectionality is scant. However, in synthesising these bodies of work, it becomes possible to address lacunae in each area, and to analyse the ways in which social and political complexities in places where consociationalism is used can be better understood and reconceptualised. This chapter outlines how consociationalism gives rise to specific nuances in these settings, how equality is understood in such contexts, and how intersectionality provides a way of thinking about how this affects women. A specific intersection has been selected for this purpose – that of gender and community identity, in case study contexts of Northern Ireland and Belgium. Firstly, an overview of key literature is presented and cross-analysed; secondly, ‘equality’ is unpacked as a term and evaluated alongside consociationalism; and finally, emerging findings are considered in the context of global governance.

Keywords: Consociationalism; Intersectionality; Equality; Northern Ireland; Belgium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781789906325
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