The vigor with which EU's enlargement officials took up the question of minority rights prior to the 2004 expansion might lead us to believe that there was a widespread agreement about the most desirable means of handling this sensitive issue. However, the consensus did not reach too far beyond...

The paper argues that the legacy of the Ottoman 'millet system' still bases identity policies and problems in contemporary Turkey and Cyprus. The Ottoman millet system recognized diversity institutionally and created a political environment for the reproduction of diverse cultures to a certain...

We calculate frequencies for participation and reciprocity rates as a function of the speakers status – linguistic minority or linguistic majority -, controlling for other characteristics of the speaker (such as gender, role, or partisan affiliation) as well as characteristics of the context...

This paper studies ethnic social movement autonomy claims in three regions of Colombia. It sustains that place-based and regime-specific political processes condition institutional change affecting common property regimes. The article finds that to assert local self-determination and territorial...

In this paper, we explore the relationship between ethnic group divisions and clientelism in competitive party systems. We find that engaging in this mode of partisan mobilization is more widespread in contexts characterized by higher number of politically relevant ethnic groups that are...

In this paper I argue that outcome-based claims fail to justify the disfranchisement of minors and the mentally impaired. The available evidence does not support the idea that even entirely removing age and sanity requirements would produce undesirable electoral results. Having discarded the...

Did minority voters use early voting reforms in the 2008 election? Previous research has shown convenience voting reforms differentially motivate participation among the electorate. However, the co-ethnic mobilization literature suggests that minority voters are more likely to vote in the...

This paper examines the trajectory of official Russian state policy towards national and ethnic identity since the Soviet collapse. In the absence of a clear principled concept for the national character of the Russian state, policy has been driven by a series of ad hoc, pragmatic steps, amidst...

A heated debate focused on the impact of multiculturalism and ethnic heterogeneity on welfare state generosity has emerged in recent years. At the center of the debate is the argument that ethnic heterogeneity undermines support for the welfare state for several reasons. Prominent among these is...

In all the research on state-level variation in welfare policy, one thing is clear: race, ethnicity, and representation matter. In this paper, we argue that gender matters as well. Our primary research question is whether the election and incorporation of women into state legislatures has any...