Democratizing hegemonic state Political Transformation in the Age of Identity 1st Edition by Ilan Peleg ISBN 0511350201 9780521880886

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ISBN 10: 0511350201

ISBN 13: 9780521880886 

Author: Ilan Peleg 

This book provides a new, comprehensive analytical framework for the examination of majority-minority relations in deeply divided societies. Hegemonic states in which one ethnic group completely dominates all others will continue to face enormous pressures to transform because they are out of step with the new, emerging, global governing code that emphasizes democracy and equal rights. Refusal to change would lead such states to lose international legitimacy and face increasing civil strife, instability, and violence. Through systematic theoretical analysis and careful empirical study of 14 key cases, Peleg examines the options open to polities with diverse populations. Challenging the conventional wisdom of many liberal democrats, Peleg maintains that the preferred solution for a traditional hegemonic polity is not merely to grant equal rights to individuals, but also to incorporate significant group rights via mega-constitutional transformation.

• Theoretically sophisticated, a classification of all deeply divided societies and solutions open to them
• Great historical examples help to clarify the author’s argument
• Designed to solve real problems in a world dominated by ethnic tensions

Table of contents:

1. Ethno-national conflict in multinational polities
2. The crucial triangle: democracy, statehood, and hegemony in multinational settings
3. Classifying multinational states
4. Transforming uninational hegemony in divided societies: the gradual option
5. Transforming uninational hegemony: mega-constitutional engineering
6. The reverse trend – sustaining or strengthening ethnic hegemony
7. Beyond hegemony in deeply divided societies: transforming hegemonic systems

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