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Democracy and the Accommodation of Diversity: Advancing Pluralism Through Power Sharing, Self-Governance and Limited Government
出版地 | 出版年份 | 页数: 
Ottawa | 2018 | 12 p.
作者: 
Rotimi Suberu
联合作者: 
Global Centre for Pluralism (Canada)
地区: 
欧美地区
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© Centre mondiale du pluralisme (Canada) 2018

Democracy is, paradoxically, both essential and precarious in diverse and divided societies with deep cultural or ethnic (i.e., linguistic, regional, religious, racial, and other attributes of identity) divides. group). There are examples of relatively non-violent management of ethnic diversity in undemocratic systems, including the Ottoman Empire's millet system to accommodate non-Muslim communities; the British colonial system of indirect administration; and the informal ethnic balancing practices of many African dictatorships. However, the majority of ethnicity scholars agree that undemocratic regimes are often unsuccessful - and ultimately, unsustainable - managers of ethnic diversity, and that there are "no viable alternatives. democracy ”as a pluralist, peaceful, just and sustainable system of governance of such diversity. This is because basic democratic practices, including credible multiparty elections and effective protections for civil rights and freedoms, are essential for the proper articulation, representation and accommodation of competing ethnic interests.

 

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国际规范性文件 / 政策与倡导文件
研究论文 / 学术期刊文章
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主题: 
公民身份/民主意识
多样性 / 文化素养 / 包容性的
人权
全球化与社会公正 / 国际理解
和平/和平文化
教育水平 : 
终身学习
非正规教育