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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > representation and electoral systems > pillarization
social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > comparative politics > pillarization
social science subjects > sociology > political sociology > pillarization
social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political sociology > pillarization
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pillarization  

Definition

  • Pillarization of society means the vertical integration of a subcultural community in a system of political representation. More often than not, this kind of integration is considered as necessary for a minority to politically participate and survive when democratization of a polity is under way or more or less completed by means of electoral rights (e.g., universal suffrage) and the establishment of a party system (at the national level). [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Pillarization]

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