Competing national identities and democratization: A theoretical and comparative analysis

Most existing political systems face harsh conflicts, even existential doubts, due to failures in fostering identification among their subjects with the extant political community. In many contexts, such failures give rise to several well-know problems – ranging from1 ethnic exclusion and conflict;...

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Published inNationalism and Democracy pp. 92 - 112
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2010
Subjects
Omnipresent
Diffuse Support
Archie Brown
Russian Federation
Unconsolidated Democracies
Odd
GFR
International Historical Comparisons
Existential Doubts
Attitudinal Support
Suitable Statistical Techniques
Ethnic Exclusion
Autonomous Territorial Governments
Plurinational Polities
Recent Minorities
Open Pandora’s Box
Explicit Exchange
Political Culture Research
Aristotelian Republicanism
Political Destabilization
Political Community
National Identification
Hold
Demos
Intergroup Trust
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Summary:Most existing political systems face harsh conflicts, even existential doubts, due to failures in fostering identification among their subjects with the extant political community. In many contexts, such failures give rise to several well-know problems – ranging from1 ethnic exclusion and conflict; to 2 social upheaval against alienation; and 3 subsequent social and political destabilization; to 4 sharp but stable political cleavages; to 5 racism and insurgent extreme-right movements; to 6 undermining civil rights and political liberties; or 7 providing obstacles to the democratization of political systems; or even 8 risks of involution in unconsolidated democracies.
ISBN:9780415559157
0415559154
DOI:10.4324/9780203858516-11