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HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article

Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Peace and Democracy
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1419727
This article is part of the Research Topic Representation of Minority Nations in Multinational Federal States View all 3 articles

Disguising ethnic domination as accommodation or integration

Provisionally accepted
John McGarry John McGarry *
  • Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

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    Abstract This article examines how and why regimes that dominate particular ethnic communities on behalf of a dominant one disguise themselves by claiming to practice accommodation (consociational power-sharing and territorial autonomy) or integration (equal citizenship with respect for private cultural differences). It also explains how to distinguish authentic accommodation and integration from the sham forms used by these regimes. The article seeks to help identify domination regimes that would otherwise be overlooked. This is important for academics. It is also important for international policymakers who seek to condemn domination and make it more difficult to maintain.

    Keywords: Ethnic domination, Ethnocracy, ethnic democracy, Control, nationalizing state

    Received: 18 Apr 2024; Accepted: 08 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 McGarry. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: John McGarry, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

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