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The Impact of Group Fears and Outside Actors on Ethnic Party Demands: Comparing Sudeten Germans in Inter-War Czechoslovakia with the Post-1989 Moravian Movement
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Abstract Introduces a bargaining model to explore the process by which ethnic groups are mobilized & then demobilized, such that the extremity of their demands shifts over time. Two arguments are presented: (1) A group's structural characteristics (including its size & compactness) define the upper limits of... view more
Introduces a bargaining model to explore the process by which ethnic groups are mobilized & then demobilized, such that the extremity of their demands shifts over time. Two arguments are presented: (1) A group's structural characteristics (including its size & compactness) define the upper limits of goals that groups are capable of pursuing against the center. (2) The extremity of these claims is a joint function of (A) the group's expected political or economic benefits of exercising its 'exit option' (the independent variable) & (B) the bargaining power & activities of a group's lobby state or organization (the intervening variable). Discussion focuses on how & why an ethnic group's demands can shift from extreme goals, such as broad territorial autonomy, to very moderate goals, such as affirmative action policies, & vice versa. How international organizations may intervene to ameliorate the intensity of ethnic conflict is considered in conclusion.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
History
Free Keywords
Ethnonationalism; Ethnic Groups; State Society Relationship; Mobilization; Political Action; Radicalism; Group Dynamics; Goals
Document language
English
Publication Year
1999
Page/Pages
p. 67-90
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 7 (1999) 1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications