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Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe
Contributor(s): Cordell, Karl (Editor)
ISBN: 0415173124     ISBN-13: 9780415173124
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $25.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 1998
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Annotation: Focusing on Europe this book explores the complex relationships between ethnicity and democratisation. Case studies cover ethnic experiences in a range of countries including France, Spain, Russia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
- Social Science | Minority Studies
Dewey: 323.140
LCCN: 98027618
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.24" W x 9.28" (0.74 lbs) 238 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region - Germany
- Cultural Region - Russia
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
 
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Publisher Description:
A broad-ranging study that explores the complex relationship between ethnicity and democratization, focusing on specific case studies including France, Spain, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia, Albania and Hungary. Marrying the empirical and theoretical, the book begins by conceptualizing the nature of ethnicity and relating these ideas to different theories of democracy and democratization. The contributors locate ethnic experiences within a series of common frameworks to shed light on key issues such as:
* the effect of democratization and authoritarian rule on ethnic tensions
* the extent to which ethnicity is constructed as an ideological tool
* whether democracy can only function if all citizens are fully assimilated.