Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Consociational democracy is an incomplete theory of democracy.
Reason (R): It blocks the way of a genuine alternative.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A — The assertion is true: consociational democracy, the power sharing model for deeply divided societies, is often seen as an incomplete form of democracy.
Explanation
★The assertion is true: consociational democracy, the power sharing model for deeply divided societies, is often seen as an incomplete form of democracy.
★Devised to hold divided communities together through elite cooperation, it secures stability but sidelines ordinary popular rule, hence the charge of incompleteness.
★The reason, that it blocks a genuine alternative, is a fair point on its own.
★However, that reason does not actually explain why consociational democracy is called incomplete, which turns on its power sharing design rather than on blocking alternatives.
★Consociational democracy is closely linked to Arend Lijphart, who developed the model.
★So both statements are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
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