Does Diversity Hurt Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5810237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Steven Fish (0000-0001-9992-9984), Robin S Brooks |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-166 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2004.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2065715618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 19 |
Freedom House president Adrian Karatynycky has claimed in the Journal of Democracy that "democracy has been significantly more successful in monoethnic societies than in ethnically divided and multiethnic societies." Is this often-heard claim true? Does heterogeneity promote conflict and harm democratization? Our cross-national analysis finds scant evidence for this notion. Since the obverse of this argumentÑi.e., that social diversity portends disastrous confict and therefore calls for authoritarian politicsÑis a favorite rationale put forward by undemocratic leaders in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere, we suggest that students and friends of democracy should treat the alleged link between diversity and division with skepticism
Argument (complex analysis · Skepticism · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
Ethnic Mobilization and Ethnic Violence
Democracy in Hard Places
Beyond Constitutionalism
Cultural Diversity and Mental Health
The Ambivalent Role of Religion for Sustainable Development
Religious Diversity and Religious Tolerance
The Multidimensional Effects of Religion on Socioeconomic Development
The Wartime Origins of Democratization
Democracy Derailed in Russia
Determinants of Democratization
The omnicultural imperative
Does the experience of ethnic conflict enhance ethnic identity
Does Smallness Enhance Power-Sharing? Explaining Suriname’s Multiethnic Democracy
Ethnic Minority Governments, Democracy, and Human Rights
How Civil Resistance Improves Inclusive Democracy
Thank goodness for Nato enlargement
Global democracy in a society of peoples
Does multiparty competition increase ethnic security fears? Evidence from North India
Prisoners of a distant past? Linguistic diversity and the time-depth of human settlement in Papua New Guinea
Forced to Be Free
Conceptualizing and Measuring Ethnic Politics
Electoral Manipulation in Polarized Societies
Democracy Derailed in Russia
Moderation, Realignment, or Transformation? Evaluating Three Approaches to America’s Crisis of Democracy
Immigration and Public Support for Political Systems in Europe
Does Heterogeneity Hinder Democracy
Social Forces and Regime Change
No Global Demos, No Global Democracy? A Systematization and Critique
Democracy, ethnic fractionalisation, and the politics of social spending
Religious Diversity and Religious Tolerance
Forging Democracy at Gunpoint
Modernization, ethnic fractionalization, and democracy
Ethnicity and party preference in sub-Saharan Africa
Ethnopolitical demography and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa
Intergroup hostility, perceived democratic legitimacy, and satisfaction with democracy in multi-ethnic societies
Ethnic polarization and the limits of democratic practice
Does ethnic voting harm democracy
Democratization During the Third Wave
The Diverse Effects of Diversity on Democracy
Oil, Democracy, and Context
Is global democracy possible
The contingent effect of institutions
Mixed regimes and political violence in Africa
The Surprising Democratic Behemoth
Antidote to Backsliding
Foreigners as Liberators
Global Gradations of Secularism
Indigenous people, recognition, and democracy in Latin America
From low-conflict polity to democratic civil peace
Empirical democratic theory
Polyarchy
Africa's Growth Tragedy
World handbook of political and social indicators
Democracy in Plural Societies
Ethnic Conflict and International Security
Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Rationality
Ethnic groups in conflict
Islam and Authoritarianism
Deciphering Disorder in Africa
Muslim Countries and the Democracy Gap
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict
Comparative Democratization
Does Oil Hinder Democracy
Islam and Human Rights
Cultural Diversity and Economic Development
No Lessons Learned from the Holocaust? Assessing Risks of Genocide and Political Mass Murder since 1955
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
South Africa's Negotiated Transition
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |