Minority Rules: Electoral Systems, Decentralization, and Ethnoregional Party Suc

Description: Minority Rules by David Lublin In Minority Rules, David Lublin eschews the usual approach of shining attention on conflict and instead looks at the representation of minority groups in largely peaceful and democratic countries throughout the world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Named the American Political Science Associations Best Book on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics for 2014When we think of minorities--linguistic, ethnic, religious, regional, or racial--in world politics, conflict is often the first thing that comes to mind. Indeed, discord and tension are the depressing norms in many states across the globe: Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Israel, Sri Lanka, Burma, Rwanda, and many more. Butas David Lublin points out in this magisterial survey of minority-based political groups across the globe, such parties typically function fairly well within larger polities. In Minority Rules, he eschews the usualapproach of shining attention on conflict and instead looks at the representation of minority groups in largely peaceful and democratic countries throughout the world, from the tiniest nations in Polynesia to great powers like Russia. Specifically, he examines factors behind the electoral success of ethnic and regional parties and, alternatively, their failure to ever coalesce to explain how peaceful democracies manage relations between different groups. Contrary to theories that emphasizesources of minority discontent that exacerbate ethnic cleavages--for instance, disputes over control of natural resource wealth--Minority Rules demonstrates that electoral rules play a dominant role inexplaining not just why ethnic and regional parties perform poorly or well but why one potential ethnic cleavage emerges instead of another. This is important because the emergence of ethnic/regional parties along with the failure to incorporate them meaningfully into political systems has long been associated with ethnic conflict. Therefore, Lublins findings, which derive from an unprecedentedly rich empirical foundation, have important implications not only for reaching successfulsettlements to such conflicts but also for preventing violent majority-minority conflicts from ever occurring in the first place. Author Biography David Lublin is Professor of Government at American University and author of The Paradox of Representation and The Republican South. Table of Contents DedicationAcknowledgementsChapter One: IntroductionPart I: Electoral SystemsChapter Two: Majoritarian Electoral SystemsChapter Three: Proportional Electoral SystemsChapter Four: Ni-Ni Electoral SystemsPart II: Electoral Provisions Designed to Assist or to Undermine Ethnoregional PartiesChapter Five: Communal Lists, Reserved Seats, and Lower ThresholdsChapter Six: Apportionment and Boundary DelimitationChapter Seven: Electoral Provisions Designed to Limit Ethnoregional PartiesPart III: DecentralizationChapter Eight: Decentralization and Ethnoregional PartiesChapter Nine: Ethnic DecentralizationChapter Ten: Non-Ethnic Decentralization and Multivariate ModelsChapter Eleven: Conclusion Review "David Lublin offers a titanic effort to pile an in-depth analysis of almost hundred electoral systems, which are helpful to expand the current understanding of how minorities act and react in the democratic game. This is a must-read book, which merits not only the attention of academy, in my personal case it represents one of the best books I have ever read in political science." -- Maximiliano Korstanje, Int. J. Human Rights and Constitutional Studies,Vol. 5, No. 2"Minority Rules by David Lublin is comparative political science at its best. The literature on ethnoregional party success is permeated by a long-standing debate on the impact ofelectoral institutions and regional authority. Lublin sets out to explore the effects of both electoral institutions and decentralization and two key characteristics make the book a landmark study." -Arjan H. Schakel, The Journal of Federalism Book Review Promotional Eschews the usual approach of shining attention on conflict and instead looks at the representation of minority groups in largely peaceful and democratic countries throughout the world Long Description When we think of minorities--linguistic, ethnic, religious, regional, or racial--in world politics, conflict is often the first thing that comes to mind. Indeed, discord and tension are the depressing norms in many states across the globe: Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Israel, Sri Lanka, Burma, Rwanda, and many more. But as David Lublin points out in this magisterial survey of minority-based political groups across the globe, such parties typically functionfairly well within larger polities. In Minority Rules, he eschews the usual approach of shining attention on conflict and instead looks at the representation of minority groups in largely peaceful and democratic countries throughout the world, from the tiniest nations in Polynesia to great powers likeRussia. Specifically, he examines factors behind the electoral success of ethnic and regional parties and, alternatively, their failure to ever coalesce to explain how peaceful democracies manage relations between different groups. Contrary to theories that emphasize sources of minority discontent that exacerbate ethnic cleavages--for instance, disputes over control of natural resource wealth--Minority Rules demonstrates that electoral rules play a dominant role in explaining not just whyethnic and regional parties perform poorly or well but why one potential ethnic cleavage emerges instead of another. This is important because the emergence of ethnic/regional parties along with the failure to incorporate them meaningfully into political systems has long been associated with ethnicconflict. Therefore, Lublins findings, which derive from an unprecedentedly rich empirical foundation, have important implications not only for reaching successful settlements to such conflicts but also for preventing violent majority-minority conflicts from ever occurring in the first place. Review Text "David Lublin offers a titanic effort to pile an in-depth analysis of almost hundred electoral systems, which are helpful to expand the current understanding of how minorities act and react in the democratic game. This is a must-read book, which merits not only the attention of academy, in my personal case it represents one of the best books I have ever read in political science." -- Maximiliano Korstanje, Int. J. Human Rights and Constitutional Studies,Vol. 5, No. 2"Minority Rules by David Lublin is comparative political science at its best. The literature on ethnoregional party success is permeated by a long-standing debate on the impact of electoral institutions and regional authority. Lublin sets out to explore the effects of both electoral institutions and decentralization and two key characteristics make the book a landmark study." -Arjan H. Schakel, The Journal of Federalism Book Review Review Quote "Minority Rules by David Lublin is comparative political science at its best. The literature on ethnoregional party success is permeated by a long-standing debate on the impact of electoral institutions and regional authority. Lublin sets out to explore the effects of both electoral institutions and decentralization and two key characteristics make the book a landmark study." -Arjan H. Schakel, The Journal of Federalism Book Review Feature Selling point: Provides a much more extensive review of the data on electoral/parliamentary handling of minority groups than has been attempted by previouslySelling point: Masters an extraordinary array of detail from numerous countries around the worldSelling point: A treasure trove for electoral specialists New Feature Dedication Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction Part I: Electoral Systems Chapter Two: Majoritarian Electoral Systems Chapter Three: Proportional Electoral Systems Chapter Four: Ni-Ni Electoral Systems Part II: Electoral Provisions Designed to Assist or to Undermine Ethnoregional Parties Chapter Five: Communal Lists, Reserved Seats, and Lower Thresholds Chapter Six: Apportionment and Boundary Delimitation Chapter Seven: Electoral Provisions Designed to Limit Ethnoregional Parties Part III: Decentralization Chapter Eight: Decentralization and Ethnoregional Parties Chapter Nine: Ethnic Decentralization Chapter Ten: Non-Ethnic Decentralization and Multivariate Models Chapter Eleven: Conclusion Details ISBN0199948844 Author David Lublin ISBN-10 0199948844 ISBN-13 9780199948840 Format Paperback Subtitle Electoral Systems, Decentralization, and Ethnoregional Party Success DEWEY 324.2089 Short Title MINORITY RULES Language English Media Book Residence DC, US Birth 1968 Illustrations Yes Position Professor of Communication Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Professor of Communication, SUNY Albany AU Release Date 2015-01-08 NZ Release Date 2015-01-08 US Release Date 2015-01-08 UK Release Date 2015-01-08 Edited by Anita Pomerantz Qualifications QC Pages 552 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-01-08 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Alternative 9780199948826 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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