Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the model of ethnic democracy; Democracy; Stability; The archetype; Conclusion; 2. Northern Ireland: the pitfalls of populism; Partition and its discontents; Ethnic democracy; Unionist politics: the populist discourse; Nationalist politics; British -- (southern) Irish relations; Post-war welfarism and modernization; The end of ethnic democracy; Conclusion; 3. The Second Polish Republic: a failed ethnic democracy; Ethnic democracy; Jews; Ukrainians; The decline of democracy
Conclusion4. Israel: the archetypal ethnic democracy; Ethnic democracy; Decline of ethnic democracy: 2000-present; Conclusion; 5. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Ethnic democracy is a form of democratic ethnic conflict regulation in deeply divided societies. In The Challenge of Ethnic Democracy, Yoav Peled argues that ethnic democracy is constituted by the combination of two contradictory constitutional principles: liberal democracy and ethno-nationalism, and that its stability depends on the existence of a third, mediating constitutional principle of whatever kind. This central argument is supported by an analysis of the history of three ethnic democracies; Northern Ireland under Unionist rule, where ethnic democracy was stable
