The Quality of Divided Democracies: Minority Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation in the New Europe (New Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Book 13 of 15: New Comparative Politics

Licia Cianetti (author)

 
9780472131167: The Quality of Divided Democracies: Minority Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation in the New Europe (New Comparative Politics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0472131168 ISBN 13: 9780472131167
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2019

Synopsis

The Quality of Divided Democracies contemplates how democracy works, or fails to work, in ethnoculturally divided societies. It advances a new theoretical approach to assessing quality of democracy in divided societies, and puts it into practice with the focused comparison of two divided democracies—Estonia and Latvia. The book uses rich comparative data to tackle the vital questions of what determines a democracy’s level of inclusiveness and the ways in which minorities can gain access to the policy-making process. It uncovers a “presence–polarization dilemma” for minorities’ inclusion in the democratic process, which has implications for academic debates on minority representation and ethnic politics, as well as practical implications for international and national institutions’ promotion of minority rights.

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About the Author

Licia Cianetti is a Research Fellow at the Royal Holloway University of London.

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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0472131168
ISBN 13 
9780472131167
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272