Ethnic Bargaining: The Paradox of Minority Empowerment

by Erin K. Jenne

Book Overview

Ethnic Bargaining introduces a theory of minority politics that blends comparative analysis and field research in the postcommunist countries of East Central Europe with insights from rational choice. Erin K. Jenne finds that claims by ethnic minorities have become more frequent since 1945 even though nation-states have been on the whole more responsive to groups than in earlier periods. Minorities that perceive an increase in their bargaining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801444985
• ISBN13: 9780801444982
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher