Democracy does require that ethnically charged conflicts be solved. Presents thoughtprovoking notions of the ways in which we view both nationalism and democracy and provides some valuable ideas for working toward a. Pdf democratization and ethnic conflict researchgate. Democracy is a noble ideal, which is associated with universal principles, rights, obligations, and procedures. Democratization, political institutions, and ethnic conflict. The case of yugoslavia angeliki sotiropoulou ma in contemporary european studies, euromaster, university of bath introduction in the aftermath of the cold war, processes of democratization in some countries have revealed old ethnic, religious and cultural differences that have. Nationalism and ethnic conflict national endowment for. We conclude that only the first two types of democracy can work in a multicultural society. Democratic nationalism and multiculutralism democracy ecpr. Social composition is normally seen as affecting democracy via its in. An overview by robin wright 157 political and economic factors such as global migration and competition for dwindling resources are responsible for an explosion of ethnic hatred and conflict.
Concepts and theories 25 of treaties and the coining of money is independent of the government of the associated states, and, on the other hand, state governments which in certain matters are, in their turn, independent of the general government. Unable to use coercion extensively, democracy has to rely more upon a willing identification with the polis on the part of the citizens than more repressive forms of polity canovan 1996. Democratic nationalism and multiculutralism democracy. Nationalism, ethnic conflict, and democracy journal of democracy. A new look at ethnicity and democratization princeton university. Diversity, conflict and democracy political science, uc berkeley.
Documents in econstor may be saved and copied for your personal and. Or is rather democracy more conductive to nationalism and conflict. Political representation and ethnic conflict in new democracies. New post totalitarian democracies in central and eastern europe and central asia. Finally we distinguish four types of ethnic mobilization, according to the degree of political participation of the ethnic rank and file and the degree of integration of the ethnic elite in the dominant power structure. It argues that a focus on dignity, selfrespect, and recognition, rather than a straightforward notion of selfinterest, is a better prism for understanding ethnic and nationalist behavior, although selfinterest is not entirely absent as a motivation in ethnic conflict.
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