1. Ethnic protest, moderation, and democratization; 2. Time, process, and events in democratization; 3. Ethnic contention in context; 4. Local violence and uncertainty in Târgu Mureş, 1990; 5. The power of symbols: Romanians, Hungarians, and King Mathias in Cluj; 6. Forging language laws: schools and sign wars; 7. Debating local governance: autonomy, local control, and minority enclaves; 8. Implications of group interaction.
Argues that protest by ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia brought about policy changes and integrated Hungarian minorities into the democratic process.
Dr Sherrill Stroschein is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Politics in the Department of Political Science and Program Coordinator of the MSc in Democracy at University College London. She was previously an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and an Assistant Professor at Ohio University. She completed her PhD at Columbia University under the supervision of the late Dr Charles Tilly. Her publications examine the politics of ethnicity in democracies with mixed ethnic or religious populations and her work has appeared in Perspectives on Politics, Ethnopolitics, Nations and Nationalism and Party Politics, among other journals. She is also the editor of Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities (2007).
"Sherrill Stroschein reinvents the study of contentious politics in
divided societies by making two original and compelling arguments.
One is that the policy concerns of ordinary citizens, rather than
the manipulative actions of political leaders, explain why
minorities mobilize. The other is that such mobilizations,
especially over time, provide needed information to citizens and
policy-makers. As a result, they contribute to more positive
relations between majorities and minorities while investing in the
quality of public policy and democratic life."
Valerie Bunce, Cornell University
"Ethnic Struggle, Coexistence, and Democratization in Eastern
Europe is an innovative and thoughtful analysis of difficult ethnic
politics in Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine – and the transformative
power of deliberation and minority protest in ameliorating
conflict. The systematic attention to the temporal dynamics of
contention and moderation makes it an outstanding contribution to
the field."
Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
"This meticulously researched study persuasively demonstrates how
the routinization of contestation in multi-ethnic polities can
contribute to democratic consolidation and lead publics away from
(rather than toward) violent confrontation. The book also shows how
ethnic and linguistic minorities not represented as groups in
national political parties can nonetheless prompt meaningful
political change. Stroschein’s findings, while firmly grounded in
multiple Eastern European contexts, have important implications for
democratic theory and the practice of building democratic
institutions beyond the region. This book should be of great
interest to social scientists and policy practitioners alike."
Jessica Pisano, University of Ottawa
"Sherrill Stroschein's book is a valuable read for comparative
scholars and area experts … the volume is useful, provoking, and
responsibly presented."
Richard P. Farkas, DePaul University, Slavic Review
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