Beschreibung:
This volume conceptualizes the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies, providing empirical evidence and analysis of recent elections in such societies on a comparative and single-case basis, including case studies of Macedonia, Slovakia, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore, Rwanda, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.
Introduction: The Ethnopolitics of Elections. Electoral Systems and Good Governance in Divided Countries. Electoral System Design and Minority Representation in Slovakia and Macedonia. The Adaptation of the Electoral System to the Ethno-Linguistic Evolution of Belgian Consociationalism. Multiracialism Engineered: The Limits of Electoral and Spatial Integration in Singapore. Playing The (Non)Ethnic Card: The Electoral System and Ethnic Voting Patterns in Malaysia. Democratization and Ethnic Politics: Rwanda's Electoral Legacy. Exceptional Victories: Multi-Racialism in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.