The Ethnopolitics of Elections

This volume conceptualises the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies. It was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.

Informationen zum Autor Florian Bieber is Lecturer in East European Politics at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He is also Senior Non-Resident Research Associate with the European Centre for Minority Issues. Stefan Wolff is Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham in England, United Kingdom. He is founding editor of the journal Ethnopolitics (Routledge), co-chair of the Specialist Group on Ethnopolitics of the Political Studies Association of the UK, and a member of the advisory board of the Minorities at Risk project. Klappentext This volume conceptualises the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies. It was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics. Zusammenfassung This volume conceptualises the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies. It was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Ethnopolitics of Elections. Electoral Systems and Good Governance in Divided Countries. Electoral System Design and Minority Representation in Slovakia and Macedonia. The Adaptation of the Electoral System to the Ethno-Linguistic Evolution of Belgian Consociationalism. Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore. Playing The (Non)Ethnic Card: The Electoral System and Ethnic Voting Patterns in Malaysia. Democratization and Ethnic Politics: Rwanda's Electoral Legacy. Exceptional Victories: Multi-Racialism in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

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Introduction: The Ethnopolitics of Elections. Electoral Systems and Good Governance in Divided Countries. Electoral System Design and Minority Representation in Slovakia and Macedonia. The Adaptation of the Electoral System to the Ethno-Linguistic Evolution of Belgian Consociationalism. Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore. Playing The (Non)Ethnic Card: The Electoral System and Ethnic Voting Patterns in Malaysia. Democratization and Ethnic Politics: Rwanda's Electoral Legacy. Exceptional Victories: Multi-Racialism in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.