Democracy and distributiveness

Patterns of Transition From Hegemony in Divided Societies

Bibliographic Data

ID4524722
AuthorsAs''Ad Ghanem, As’ad Ghanem (University of Haifa), As'Ad Ghanem, Aviad Rubin (0000-0003-4145-5522, University of Haifa, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume19
Issue6-7
Pages714-733
Publication date2015-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2015.1023262
OpenAlexW2218848788
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited54

Many culturally heterogeneous societies with functioning democratic regimes nonetheless fail to grant equal status to different ethnic and cultural groups within their borders. To a great extent, scholars discuss such inequalities within the analytical boundaries of the discourse on democracy and democratization. We argue that such discussions overstretch the concept of democracy. In this research, we offer a novel axis of inquiry, namely distributiveness. We define distributiveness as the egalitarian distribution of resources – political, material, cultural-symbolic, institutional, and territorial – among different ethnic, religious, or cultural groups which self-identify as collectives within society. The aim of this new conceptualization is to (1) restore conceptual clarity to the literature on democracy, (2) enhance our capacity to assess the allocation of resources within a given polity, and (3) elucidate the processes that lead to change in patterns of allocation

CLARITY · Conceptualization · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Hegemony · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Positive economics · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religion and Society Interactions

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