Ethnic Politics, Regime Support and Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe

Ethnicity and ethnic parties have often been portrayed as a threat to political stability. This book challenges the notion that the organization of politics in heterogeneous societies should overcome ethnicity. Rather, descriptive representation of ethnic groups has potential to increase regime support and reduce conflict.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Ethnic Minority Representation 1.1. Identity and Representation 1.2. Actual Representation 1.3. Partisan-Descriptive Representation 1.4. A Guide to the Book2. Ethnic Representation as Politics2.1. Ethnic Entrepreneurs 2.2. Explaining Partisan-Descriptive Representation 2.3. Consequences of Partisan-Descriptive Representation 3. Explaining Representation3.1. Studying the Emergence of Ethnic Parties 3.2. Electoral Entry and Success 3.3. The Emergence of Ethnic Parties 3.4. Explaining Descriptive Representation 4. Ethnic Representation and Regime Support 4.1. Studying Regime Support 4.2. Patterns of Regime Support 4.3. Representation and Regime Support 5. Ethnic Representation and Conflict 5.1. Studying Conflict 5.2. Patterns of Protest 5.3. Quality of Representation and Protest 6. Partisan-Descriptive Representation in Perspective Appendix A - Data Sources Appendix B - Election Sources and Minority Parties Appendix C - Ethnic Groups Appendix D - Descriptives for Chapter 3 Appendix E - Descriptives for Chapter 4 Appendix F - The Hierarchical Selection Model Appendix G - A Bayesian Multilevel Model Appendix H - Causal considerations Appendix I - Votes into Seats Endnotes Bibliography Index