Reference Type:  Journal Article
Author: Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín
Year: 2006
Title: Etnicitate și politica electorală în România [Ethnicity and Electoral Politics]
Translated Title: [Etnicitás és választási stratégiák]
Journal: Sfera Politicii
Volume: nr.123-124 Anul XIV/2006
Issue: Partide și Societate
Pages: 46-62
ISSN: 1221-6720
Language: Romanian
Keywords: political science, elections
Abstract: (ENG) The article represents an excerpt of a comparative study on ethnicity and electoral politics in new democracies from Eastern Europe and Latin America. The central proposition is that the ethnic identity serves as a stable but flexible information shortcut for political choices. Furthermore, the article suggests that if ethnic groups are allowed continued participation in electoral politics and are able to access all the levels of the government to represent their interests, the overall effect on democratic regime development in the long term is also expected to be stabilizing.
URL: http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/123-124/art7-birnir.html