Can institutions successfully reduce ethnic conflict? Institutions such as autonomy and federalism are often advocated as a means to prevent ethnic conflict, however empirical evidence is largely mixed with regards to their effectiveness. In a similar manner, political parties have begun to receive more scholarly attention in determining their relationship with ethnic conflict, but their evidence is also mixed. In this research I examine autonomy, federalism, and the banning of political parties within ongoing ethnic group self-determination movements. While I do not find evidence for a relationship between autonomy and conflict, I do find that federalism increases the likelihood of ethnic conflict. Additionally, the banning of ethnic political parties indicates a strong increase the likelihood of ethnic conflict, while the banning of regional political parties significantly reduces the likelihood of ethnic conflict.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1707380 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Holloway, Troy |
| Contributors | Ishiyama, John, Salehyan, Idean, Demeritt, Jacqueline |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 36 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Holloway, Troy, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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