A broad-ranging study that explores the complex relationship between ethnicity and democratization, focusing on specific case studies including France, Spain, S

This is the first volume in which the fate of democracy is directly related to ethnic diversity. It highlights the crucial episodes in modern European political

This collection systematically analyzes different models of minority politics in Eastern Europe, in an effort to understand why tensions are manageable in some

Many new democracies are characterized by majority dominance and ethnocentrism. Varying paths or transitions toward democracy create very different outcomes for

In the last five years, fifteen new European states have been created on the basis of claims by previously little-known ethnonational groups. This book explains