Ethnicity, State and Nationalism



The centrality of ethnicity to the politics in ECE



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Ethnic relation in the early 1990s



Ethnic cleansing and civil war in Yugoslavia



Ethnic cleansing and civil war in Yugoslavia



Explaining ethnic mobilization



1. Contact vs. conflict



2. The commitment problem



3. Elite manipulation



4. The “triadic nexus”



The “triadic nexus”



5. The EU leverage vs socialization



Ethnic minorities in democratic politics



1. Organizations and Formal Rules



2. Decentralization and concentration



Identity



The importance of ethnic identity



Ethnicity as a problematic analytical category



Ethnicity as a problematic analytical category