The Ethnopolitics of Elections (Association for the Study of Nationalities)

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. Free and fair elections are one of the most fundamental characteristics of democratic systems. In ethnically divided societies, elections and the rules and regulations on which they are based assume special importance because they provide important levers to guarantee, or prevent, adequate representation of different communal groups in the key institutions of the state. Hence not only are elections contested vigorously, but also the electoral systems according to which they are conducted. This book was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics . Introduction : Elections in divided societies / Florian Bieber & Stefan Wolff Electoral systems and good governance in divided countries / Renske Doorenspleet Electoral system design and minority representation in Slovakia and Macedonia / Eben Friedman The adaptation of the electoral system to the ethno-linguistic evolution of Belgian consociationalism / Jean-Benoit Pilet Multiracialism engineered : the limits of electoral and spatial integration in Singapore / Eugene K.B. Tan Playing the (non)ethnic card : the electoral system and ethnic voting patterns in Malaysia / Graham K. Brown Democratization and ethnic politics : Rwanda's electoral legacy / David Emmanuel Kiwuwa Exceptional victories : multiracialism in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana / Sara Abraham. Conceptualises the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies, providing evidence and analysis of elections in such societies on a comparative and single-case basis. This volume includes case studies of Macedonia, Slovakia, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore, Rwanda, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. This volume conceptualises the dynamics underlying electoral politics in ethnically divided societies. It was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.