Quality of Divided Democracies : Minority Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation in the New Europe

Cianetti, Licia

ISBN 10: 0472131168 / ISBN 13: 9780472131167

Published by University of Michigan Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quality of Divided Democracies : Minority Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation in the New Europe
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0472131168
• ISBN 13: 9780472131167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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