What kinds of electoral systems can help democracy survive in countries split by deep cleavages of race, religion, language, or ethnicity? As is well-known, politicians in such “divided societies” often have strong incentives to “play the ethnic card” at election time, using communal appeals to mobilize voters. “Outbidding”—increasingly extreme rhetoric and demands—can offer rewards greater than those of moderation. In such circumstances, politics can quickly turn centrifugal, as the center is pulled apart by extremist forces and “winner-take-all” rules the day. The failure of democracy is often the result
Democracies are considered to be the ideal form of government, but it needs constant attention and c...
The nature of ethnicity makes building democracy in multiethnicsocieties a complex process compared ...
Societies are severely divided by ethnicity, race, religion, language, or any other form of ascripti...
The question of whether, and how, democracy can survive in divided societies has long been a source ...
This work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affe...
This work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affe...
Ethnic divisions, according to empirical democratic theory, and commonsense understandings of politi...
Ethnic divisions, according to empirical democratic theory, and commonsense understandings of politi...
In recent decades, the possibilities of explicit “electoral engineering” -- designing electoral syst...
Abstract: The process of democratization in an increasing number of diverse societies has focused at...
Abstract: The process of democratization in an increasing number of diverse societies has focused at...
We review institutional approaches to mitigating ethnic conflict and fostering stable democracy in p...
Centripetalists believe that the best way to manage democracy in divided societies is not to replica...
Because they channel, aggregate and express political demands, political parties play an important r...
This book asks what distinguishes peaceful plural democracies from violent ones and what distinguish...
Democracies are considered to be the ideal form of government, but it needs constant attention and c...
The nature of ethnicity makes building democracy in multiethnicsocieties a complex process compared ...
Societies are severely divided by ethnicity, race, religion, language, or any other form of ascripti...
The question of whether, and how, democracy can survive in divided societies has long been a source ...
This work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affe...
This work examines whether the choice of an electoral system in a culturally plural society can affe...
Ethnic divisions, according to empirical democratic theory, and commonsense understandings of politi...
Ethnic divisions, according to empirical democratic theory, and commonsense understandings of politi...
In recent decades, the possibilities of explicit “electoral engineering” -- designing electoral syst...
Abstract: The process of democratization in an increasing number of diverse societies has focused at...
Abstract: The process of democratization in an increasing number of diverse societies has focused at...
We review institutional approaches to mitigating ethnic conflict and fostering stable democracy in p...
Centripetalists believe that the best way to manage democracy in divided societies is not to replica...
Because they channel, aggregate and express political demands, political parties play an important r...
This book asks what distinguishes peaceful plural democracies from violent ones and what distinguish...
Democracies are considered to be the ideal form of government, but it needs constant attention and c...
The nature of ethnicity makes building democracy in multiethnicsocieties a complex process compared ...
Societies are severely divided by ethnicity, race, religion, language, or any other form of ascripti...