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What is an ethnic party

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ID6315593
AuthorsKanchan Chandra (0000-0002-1835-3707, New York University, New York, USA,, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume17
Issue2
Pages151-169
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068810391153
OpenAlexW2018876399
LanguageEN
Citations received83
References cited15

This article shows that even if we stipulate a single definition of both an ethnic group and an ethnic party, there are many reasonable indicators that can be used to classify parties as ethnic, which may generate different counts of ethnic parties. It then maps the range of indicators that can be used to classify parties as ethnic, shows how previous questions raised in the study of ethnic parties can be better answered by some indicators than others, and identifies new questions that can be raised by each classification in relation to the alternatives

Ethnic group · Political science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Psychology · Social Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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