What is an ethnic party?

Chandra, Kanchan

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“…At the same time, the young age of the democracies rules out long-term voter dissatisfaction as a powerful explanations for the success of ethnic parties (Kitschelt, 1995) and clears the way to focus on a different set of political-institutional variables. Therefore, the region is highly suitable for an analysis of the success of ethnic minority parties, defined as parties aiming at representing and mobilising voters of an ethnic minority group (Ishiyama and Breuning, 1998: p. 4;Chandra, 2011). They are an important way how ethnic minority groups get represented in the political institutions.…”

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Electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe: A hierarchical selection model

Bernauer

Bochsler

2011

Electoral Studies

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The paper examines determinants of electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe. The application of a hierarchical selection model shows that the strategic entry of minority parties depends on their expected electoral success due both to observed and unobserved factors. Drawing on formal models of electoral entry, the electoral success of new (or niche) parties is expected to be influenced by the costs of entry (determined by electoral thresholds) and the potential for electoral support. The latter depends on the reactions of political competitors and electoral demand, measured here as the size of ethnic groups and the saliency of ethnic issues. In line with these expectations, parties only run if they can expect electoral support sufficient to pass the electoral threshold. This finding would have been overlooked by a naïve model of electoral success which does not take self-selection into account. AbstractThe paper examines determinants of electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe. The application of a hierarchical selection model shows that the strategic entry of minority parties depends on their expected electoral success due both to observed and unobserved factors. Drawing on formal models of electoral entry, the electoral success of new (or niche) parties is expected to be influenced by the costs of entry (determined by electoral thresholds) and the potential for electoral support. The latter depends on the reactions of political competitors and electoral demand, measured here as the size of ethnic groups and the saliency of ethnic issues. In line with these expectations, parties only run if they can expect electoral support sufficient to pass the electoral threshold. This finding would have been overlooked by a naïve model of electoral success which does not take selfselection into account.

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Electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe: A hierarchical selection model

Bernauer

Bochsler

2011

Electoral Studies

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“…Following an early authoritative definition by Horowitz (:291), ethnic parties derive their support ‘overwhelmingly from an identifiable ethnic group’ – that is, from a group where a descent‐based attribute such as religion, sect, language, tribe, or nationality is necessary for group membership (cf. Chandra :154). Similar to the minimal definition of a regionalist party above, this (equally minimal) definition includes parties with different ideological, organizational, and strategic profiles, united only by the fact that they serve ‘the particular interests of one ethnic category or set of categories’ (Chandra :155)…”

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“…Chandra :154). Similar to the minimal definition of a regionalist party above, this (equally minimal) definition includes parties with different ideological, organizational, and strategic profiles, united only by the fact that they serve ‘the particular interests of one ethnic category or set of categories’ (Chandra :155)…”

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Ethnic and Regionalist Parties in Western Europe: A Party Family?

Fagerholm

2016

Studies Ethnicity & National

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Parties that defend the interest of one or a few ethnic groups and/or regions are, despite their differences, recurrently grouped together into a single party family. This article systematically applies the multidimensional framework offered by Mair and Mudde in order to provide an up‐to‐date inventory of the universe of ethnic and regionalist parties in Western Europe and assess whether they form a family. The evidence indicates that although the ethnic and regionalist family appears to be somewhat less coherent than more established families, there are clear similarities between the proposed (core) member parties. More specifically, the common denominators that distinguish the members of the ethnic and regionalist party family are their rather similar origins, sociologies, and policy orientations.

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“…1 Because of the difficulty in defining the concept of ethnic parties (see Chandra, 2011), I use the term "ethnic-based party" to refer to a party that appeals to (and wins support from) one ethnic group exclusively (or nearly so) and the term "ethnic congress party" to refer to parties that mobilize voters and win support from multiple ethnic groups.…”

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The organizational ecology of ethnic cleavages: The nonlinear effects of ethnic diversity on party system fragmentation

Raymond

2015

Electoral Studies

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This is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Electoral Studies. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Electoral Studies, [VOL 37, March 2015] doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2014 General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Queen's University Belfast Research Portal is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. AbstractThe conventional wisdom regarding party system fragmentation assumes that the effects of electoral systems and social cleavages are linear. However, recent work applying organizational ecology theories to the study of party systems has challenged the degree to which electoral system effects are linear. This paper applies such concepts to the study of social cleavages. Drawing from theories of organizational ecology and the experience of many ethnically diverse African party systems, I argue that the effects of ethnic diversity are nonlinear, with party system fragmentation increasing until reaching moderate levels of diversity before declining as diversity reaches extreme values. Examining this argument cross-nationally, the results show that accounting for nonlinearity in ethnic diversity effects significantly improves model fit.1

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What is an ethnic party?

Cited by 99 publications

References 19 publications

Electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe: A hierarchical selection model

Electoral entry and success of ethnic minority parties in central and eastern Europe: A hierarchical selection model

Ethnic and Regionalist Parties in Western Europe: A Party Family?

The organizational ecology of ethnic cleavages: The nonlinear effects of ethnic diversity on party system fragmentation

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