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1 online resource (575 pages) |
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Democratization Studies |
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Democratization studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Democratization and ethnic minorities; Democratization; The parameters of conflict: violence, stability or meaningful accommodation; Mediating democratization; Institutions, institutional change, and pre-transition legacies; Elite strategies and ethnic group representation; International influences; Note; 2. Regime transition and the emergence of ethnic democracies; Ethnic democracy; Transitions and minority status; Institutional legacies and transitional paths |
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Regional environmentCase studies; Bulgaria; Estonia; Macedonia; Conclusion; Notes; 3. Ethnic party bans in Africa: can party regulation create national parties?; 'Positive' ethnic party bans and party nationalization; Positive ethnic party bans in Africa; Party nationalization in Africa; Party nationalization in African countries with a positive ethnic party ban; Party nationalization in African countries without a positive ethnic party ban; Conclusion; Appendix: party names; Benin; Botswana; Cape Verde; Ghana; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Uganda; Notes |
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4. Partisan attitudes and constitutional settlements in democratizing divided societies: Spain and CzechoslovakiaAgenda-setting and partisan bargaining during democratic transitions; The 'critical juncture'; Agenda-setting; Partisan bargaining; Competing explanations; Setting the agenda: nationalist assertion during the democratic opening; Spain; Czechoslovakia; Partisan bargaining: constitutional politics and settlements; Spain; Czechoslovakia; Comparative analysis; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Democratization and ethnic violence in Kenya: electoral cycles and shifting identities |
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Local histories of contestation and political violenceThe eye of the storm: Chepyuk Settlement Scheme; Escalation: the Sabaot Land and Defence Force; The 2007 election; Operation Okoa Maisha -- "Operation Save Lives"; Conclusions; Notes; 6. Democratization and determinants of ethnic violence: the rebel-moderate organizational nexus; The role of organizations in ethnic conflict; Democratization, ethnic organizations, and violence; Basques (Spain); Acehnese (Indonesia); Diola (Senegal); Moros (Philippines); Miskitos (Nicaragua); Papuans (Indonesia) |
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Multiple organizations and violence: marginalization and the weakness of moderate alternativesNotes; 7. Democratization and recognition of difference in a Chinese society: the Taiwanese experience; The context; Hypotheses; Inter-ethnic cleavages in Taiwan; The institutionalization of differences; Ethnic cleavages and political outcomes; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Ethnically based redistributive policies in democratizing bipolar states; Theorizing ethnically based redistribution (EBR) in bipolar societies; Ethnic myths in Fiji, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka; Democracy formation at state formation |
| Summary |
Many new democracies are characterized by majority dominance and ethnocentrism. Varying paths or transitions toward democracy create very different outcomes for how ethnic identities, communities and politics are recognized. This book illustrates the varied consequences of democratization, from ethnic violence, new forms of accommodation to improve minorities' status, or sometimes only minor improvements to life for ethnic minorities. The book treads a nuanced path between conflicting myths of democratization, illustrating that there are a variety of outcomes ranging from violence or |
| Notes |
Political competition and EBRs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Democratization -- Case studies
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Ethnic conflict -- Case studies
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Minorities -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Democratization
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Ethnic conflict
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Minorities
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Demokratisierung
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Nationale Minderheit
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Minderheitenfrage
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haklai, Oded
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| ISBN |
9781134693092 |
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1134693095 |
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1306075122 |
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9781306075121 |
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