Democratisation and Power-Sharing in Stormy Weather
Tamirace Fakhoury Muhlbacher
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Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
Is democracy possible only in homogeneous societies? Does heterogeneity - clude a stable democracy? Throughout history, ethnic, linguistic, or religious homogeneity whether by circumstance, coercion, or choice, has seemingly been conducive to democracy. In France, democracy was established after the impo- tion of religious uniformity and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The United States pulled in immigrants who renounced their original affiliations to forge a new identity in a newly born state. Still, defying assumptions, democracies have emerged in heterogeneous states such as the Swiss Confederation, the Successor States of the Holy Roman Empire and, later, those carved ... Read more
Is democracy possible only in homogeneous societies? Does heterogeneity - clude a stable democracy? Throughout history, ethnic, linguistic, or religious homogeneity whether by circumstance, coercion, or choice, has seemingly been conducive to democracy. In France, democracy was established after the impo- tion of religious uniformity and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The United States pulled in immigrants who renounced their original affiliations to forge a new identity in a newly born state. Still, defying assumptions, democracies have emerged in heterogeneous states such as the Swiss Confederation, the Successor States of the Holy Roman Empire and, later, those carved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783531165295
SKU
V9783531165295
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About Tamirace Fakhoury Muhlbacher
Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury Mühlbacher completed her doctoral studies at the Department of Politics at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg and at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute. She is a researcher and the coordinator of the socio-political module of the CARIM Project at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
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