Ethnicity and democratisation in the new Europe / edited by Karl Cordell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cordell, Karl, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Europe.

Democracy.

Democratization--Europe.

Democratization.

Ethnicity--Europe.

Ethnicity.

Europe--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 224p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on Europe, this text 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.

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. 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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Setting the scene

pt. 2. Contemporary case studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-69023-1

9786613917225

1-283-60477-9

0-203-00503-1

1-134-69024-X

1-280-50647-4

9786610506477

9780203005033

OCLC:

70764372