The quality of divided democracies : Minority inclusion, exclusion, and representation in the New Europe / Licia Cianetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cianetti, Licia, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social integration--Europe.

Social integration.

Democracy--Europe.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Other Title:

Minority Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representation in the New Europe

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2019]

Summary:

The Quality of Divided Democracies contemplates how democracy works, or fails to work, in ethno-culturally divided societies. It advances a new theoretical approach to assessing the 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 "voice-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.

Contents:

Introduction: taking minorities out of the footnotes

Presence, polarization, and the five channels for minority inclusion

The cases of Estonia and Latvia

The parliamentary channel

The international channel

The city channel

The consultations channel

The grassroots channel

Conclusion: the presence/polarization dilemma and the quality of divided.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on information from publisher.

ISBN:

9780472124626

0472124625

OCLC:

1076274719