CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Shturbabin, Kyrylo |
|---|---|
| Title | Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Different Kinds of Parties Representing Ethnic Minorities in Eastern and Southeastern Europe |
| Summary | This thesis examines the influence of institutional and political factors on the type of parties representing ethnic minorities in six states of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This work classifies the parties representing ethnic minorities based on their stance towards integration and majority-minority relations. That allows to test whether such factors as electoral systems, ethnic politics regulations and characteristics of the party systems produce integrationist ethnic minority parties, particularistic ethnic minority parties or accommodative majority parties. Using comparative case study this thesis finds that electoral designs and ethnic politics regulations, such as reserved seats, grand coalition requirements and closed lists PR electoral systems, favour the emergence of particularistic ethnic minority parties, while ethnic party ban and open lists PR systems favour the emergence of integrationist ethnic minority parties or accommodative majority parties. The results also suggest that the party system stability and consolidation favour accommodative majority parties over integrationist ethnic minority parties. The results based on the research of six countries: Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia. |
| Supervisor | Bogaards, Matthijs Pieter Johannes |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/shturbabin_kyrylo.pdf |
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