The term “ethnic outbidding” refers to an auction-like process where ethnically-based
political parties adopt extreme ideological positions as a means of distancing themselves …

Political parties are afforded a key role in making consociational democracy work; however,
parties that dis-identify with salient identities and appeal to voters across the ethno-political …

When do individuals in deeply divided societies participate in political activities aimed at
increasing ethnic representation in cabinet ministries? I develop a cost–benefit framework to …

The paper analyses the impact of local demography on the electoral strategies of ethnic
political parties. We focus on Hungarian parties in Slovakia and their tactics of fielding …

Various local stakeholders with diverse needs seek different treatment and actions by their
local governments. From the modern perspective of local governance, this article examines …

In this paper, we examine whether former rebel parties are more likely to engage in electoral
violence than other parties. Using an original data set of 236 parties in 18 countries in Sub …

This study scrutinises the core assumptions of Donald Horowitz's outbidding model, which
defines ethnic party competition as a rivalry between extremist groups focussed solely on …

Can country leaders improve citizens' ethnic outgroup views by changing ethnic
representation in government? Years of pressure from the international community calling …

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For democracy in ethnically divided societies, political moderation is crucial. The
centripetalist school recommends that countries should introduce institutions which offer …