The Ethnocracy Trap
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lise M Howard (0000-0001-8934-0367, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 155-169 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| 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.2012.0068 |
| OpenAlex | W2111693549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article introduces the term “ethnocracy” as a regime type. In ethnocracies such as Bosnia and Lebanon, political parties are defined primarily along ethnoreligious lines, key state positions are allocated according to ethnic group membership, and educational and other institutions are officially segmented according to ethnic categories. While the introduction of ethnocratic regimes after violent conflict has sometimes coincided with a decrease in violence, it has also introduced new and institutional obstacles that render transition to liberal democracy difficult. This article defines ethnocracy, differentiates it from consociationalism, discusses its problems, addresses the puzzling phenomenon of ethnocracy promotion by liberal powers, and offers alternatives for those seeking to promote liberal democracy in postconflict, multiethnic societies
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Liberal democracy · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Turkey's Politics and Society
Textbook Politics
The Politics of Domination
Transnational Activism Bridging Post-Conflict Ethnic Divides
“Us” vs. “Them”
In search of a democratic counter-power in Bosnia–Herzegovina
Israel's Regime Untangled
Power in Peacekeeping
Extending Ethnocracy
Deconstructing Dayton
Divided Opposition, Fragmented Statebuilding
Europeanization of Kin-Citizenship and the Dynamics of Kin-Minority Claim-Making
Prison Disproportion in Democracies
Bosnian Days of Reckoning
The urbanisation on the slopes of Sarajevo and the rise of geomorphological hazards during the post-war period
Nonaligned Citizens”
The quest for legitimacy in independent Kosovo
Buddhist Majoritarianism and Ethnocracy in Sri Lanka
Kosovo and Timor-Leste
Explaining the Politics of Domination
Ethnocratic Statecraft and Conflict
Navigating Exclusion as Enemies of the State
The plight of civic parties in divided societies
Democracy, ethnoicracy and consociational demoicracy
US Foreign Policy Habits in Ethnic Conflict
Geopolitics of the NRC-CAA in Assam
Protesting power-sharing
Power sharing and international mediation in ethnic conflicts
Federalism and Territorial Cleavages
Democracy in Plural Societies
Ethnicity without groups
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Democracy in Divided Societies
Contemporary ethnopolitical identity and the future of the Belgian state
Ethnopolitics
Soldiers and Kinsmen in Uganda, The Making of a Military Ethnocracy
Ethnic groups in conflict
Types of democracy and modes of conflict management in ethnically divided societies
The Uneasy Relationship between Empirical and Normative Types in Consociational Theory
Constitutional Design for Divided Societies
Democracy with Adjectives
Stability in Deeply Divided Societies
Making Power-sharing Work
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |