Communism, Federalism, and Ethnic Minorities
Explaining Party Competition Patterns in Eastern Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8042873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Rovny (0000-0002-6071-4289, Centre d'études Européennes de Sciences Po, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 669-708 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0043887114000227 |
| OpenAlex | W2118528397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
| References cited | 73 |
Scholarship on East European politics expects that party competition in the region is determined by various communist legacies, juxtaposing state-centric authoritarianism to a liberal market economy. Recent empirical evidence, however, uncovers significant variance of party competition patterns across East European countries. To explain this variance, this article argues that an interaction between communist institutional framework and partisan responses to ethnic minorities determines party competition structure in the region. While experience with communist federalism determines partisan affinities with ethnic minorities, tolerance or support for ethnic minorities leads the political actors associated with those minorities to general socially liberal positions. Consequently—and contrary to received knowledge—ethnic politics influence the ideological content of party competition and structure party systems in Eastern Europe
Authoritarianism · Communism · Competition (biology · Democracy · Development economics · East-Central Europe · Economic system · Economics · Ethnic group · Federalism · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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