Democratization and Ethnic Minorities
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 stability, to the extension of rights, representation, and new resources for ethnic minorities. Contributors discuss the complex mechanisms that determine the impact of democratization of ethnic minorities through five factors: inherited legacies from the pre-transition period, institutional configurations, elite strategies, societal organization and international influences. Global in scope, this book features a broad range of case studies, both country specific and regional, including chapters on Nigeria, Kenya, Turkey and Taiwan, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Southeast and East Asia.
This book provides new insights and makes an important contribution to existing debates. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities will be essential reading for students and scholars of democratization, nationalism, ethnic conflict and ethnic politics, political science, history, and sociology.
Jacques Bertrand is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Oded Haklai is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queens University, Canada.
Democratization Studies
(formerly democratization studies, Frank Cass)
Democratization Studies combines theoretical and comparative studies with detailed analyses of issues central to democratic progress and its performance, all over the world.
The books in this series aim to encourage debate on the many aspects of democratization that are of interest to policy-makers, administrators and journalists, aid and development personnel, as well as to all those involved in education.
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Conflict or compromise?
Edited by Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Democratization and ethnic minorities : conflict or compromise? / edited by Jacques Bertrand and Oded Haklai.
pages cm. (Democratization studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. DemocratizationCase studies. 2. Ethnic conflictCase studies.
3. MinoritiesCase studies. I. Bertrand, Jacques, 1965 II. Haklai,
Oded, 1972
JC423.D47832 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-84230-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-88264-2 (ebk)
