Table 6.2.
Lijphart’s types of majoritarian and consensus democracy
| Majoritarian democracy | Consensus democracy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Executive | Concentration of power in one-party and bare-majority cabinet | Power-sharing in broad coalition cabinet |
| 2. Relations between government and parliament | Cabinet dominance | Balance of power |
| 3. Political parties | Two-party system | Multi-party system |
| 4. Electoral system | Majoritarian and disproportional | Proportional representation |
| 5. System of interest groups influence | Pluralism | Corporatism |
| 6. Government structure | Unitary and centralised | Federal and decentralised |
| 7. Parliament | Concentration of legislative power in unicameral legislature | Strong bicameralism |
| 8. Type of Constitution | Flexibility, simple procedure of amendment or unwritten constitution | Rigidity, complex procedure of amendment |
| 9. Judicial review | Absent or weak | Strong |
| 10. Central bank | Controlled by executive | High degree of autonomy |
Source: Lijphart (2012)