Theoretical Perspectives on Ethnic Political Behavior in the Soviet Union

Bibliographic Data

ID6284386
AuthorsLee E Dutter (Boston University, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume34
Issue2
Pages311-334
Publication date1990-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002790034002007
OpenAlexW2106704953
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited54

A plural society is defined as one which is ethnically diverse and whose ethnic divisions are politically relevant. Extant theories of politics in plural societies focus primarily on democratic political systems— that is, societies which, during some period of their recent political history, have been characterized by Western-style democratic political and governmental institutions. As a consequence, there has been little effort to formulate and apply analytical or theoretical frameworks which are specifically relevant to nondemocratic systems such as the Soviet Union. The principal objectives of this article are: (1) to augment, modify, and reformulate existing theoretical ideas on ethnic political behavior in plural societies so that their scope includes nondemocratic political systems; and (2) to assess the applicability of these ideas to the Soviet Union

Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Ethnic group · Extant taxon · Plural · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Principal (computer security · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Soviet union · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions

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