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== Week 3 Optional Reading == | == Week 3 Optional Reading == | ||
Questioning "Ethnic Democracy": A Response to Sammy Smooha | |||
** "Ethnic Democracy" Model: a system which combines the extension of civil and political rights to individuals and some collective rights to minorities, with institutionalization of majority control over the state. | |||
Critiques | |||
* Israel as cannot be used as an "archetype" case of majority-minority relations due to the continuing "Judaization" of the country. | |||
** "Tyranny of the majority" that structurally prevents the Arabs from mobilizing effectively within this system and excludes them from key positions and resources. Therefore not an "archetype" of a democratic regime. | |||
Flaws in the "ethnic democracy" concept are: | |||
* civil inequality and lack of minority consent | |||
* ethnic exclusion | |||
* problems in the definition of state boundaries | |||
"Ethnic Democracy" and Civil Inequality | |||
Revision as of 07:46, 9 May 2024
Week 3 Optional Reading
Questioning "Ethnic Democracy": A Response to Sammy Smooha
- "Ethnic Democracy" Model: a system which combines the extension of civil and political rights to individuals and some collective rights to minorities, with institutionalization of majority control over the state.
Critiques
- Israel as cannot be used as an "archetype" case of majority-minority relations due to the continuing "Judaization" of the country.
- "Tyranny of the majority" that structurally prevents the Arabs from mobilizing effectively within this system and excludes them from key positions and resources. Therefore not an "archetype" of a democratic regime.
Flaws in the "ethnic democracy" concept are:
- civil inequality and lack of minority consent
- ethnic exclusion
- problems in the definition of state boundaries
"Ethnic Democracy" and Civil Inequality