EthnicityandElectoralPolitics
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- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2009年1月
- ISBN 9780521743655
- 定价 235.00
内容简介
Thisbookaskswhatdistinguishespeacefulpluraldemocraciesfromviolentonesandwhatdistinguishesviolentethnicgroupsfrompeacefuloneswithinthesamedemocracy.Contrarytoconventionalwisdom,itsuggeststhatethnicgroupsandtheirpoliticaldemandsarenotinherentlyintransigentandthatviolenceisnotanecessarycorollaryofethnicpolitics.Thebookpositsthatethnicidentityservesasastablebutflexibleinformationshortcutforpoliticalchoices,influencingpartyformationanddevelopmentinnewandmaturingdemocracies.Itfurthermorearguesthatpoliticalintransigenceandviolenceexpressedbysomeethnicgroupsstemfromcircumstancesexogenoustoethnicaffiliations.Inparticular,absoluterestrictionsonethnicaccesstotheexecutiveproduceconditionsunderwhichethnicgroupincentivetoparticipateinpeacefulelectoralpoliticsiseliminated.Anumberofcasestudiesandstatisticalanalysisofallelectoraldemocraciessince1945areusedtotestandsupporttheformalargument.
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