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100			_aSaideman, Stephen M.
245			_aDemocratization political institutions, and ethnic conflict: a pooled time series analysis.
260			_c2002
300			_ap.103-29
362			_aFeb
520			_aAlthough there has been much debate about whether democratization causes ethnic conflict, and many comparativists have argued about which kinds of political institutions are best for managing communal strife, little large-N work has addressed these issues. The authors apply a theory of ethnic conflict - the ethnic security dilemma - to derive predictions about the impact of democratization and political institutions on ethnic unrest. They then test these predictions by performing a series of pooled time series analyses covering all ethnic groups in the Minorities at Risk data set from 1985 to 1998. The authors find that democratization, federalism, and presidentialism may not be problematic as some argue and that proportional representation tends to reduce severe ethnic violence. They conclude by suggesting some directions for future research. -Reproduced.
650			_aEthnic conflicts
650			_aDemocratization
650			_aPolitical institutions
773			_aComparative Political Studies
909			_a51191
999			_c51191 _d51191