Russia's Muslims and Electoral Participation: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Patterns
This article examines the impact of Muslim minorities upon the modes of regional electoral politics in Russia. In particular, the interweaving of ethnic and religious aspects proved to be a significant factor in electoral mobilization, determining the levels of electoral activity and success. At the...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
Έκδοση: |
[2014]
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Στο/Στη: |
Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Έτος: 2014, Τόμος: 25, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 211-229 |
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας BJ Ισλάμ KBK Ανατολική Ευρώπη ΤΚ Σύγχρονη Εποχή ZC Πολιτική |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Elections
B Muslims B political regime B electoral participation B legislative representation B Russia |
Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
Σύνοψη: | This article examines the impact of Muslim minorities upon the modes of regional electoral politics in Russia. In particular, the interweaving of ethnic and religious aspects proved to be a significant factor in electoral mobilization, determining the levels of electoral activity and success. At the same time, a significant variation observed between the cases of Ulyanovsk and Astrakhan provinces turned out to be impossible to explain without using the characteristics of regional political regimes as explanatory variables. This led to the development of a multifactor model of ethnic Muslim activism. The model starts with the external factors of the political context, and then incorporates factors directly related to ethnicity and religion. The categorization of regional political regimes follows the general distinction between the consensual and conflictual types as developed by Arend Lijphart. The analysis demonstrates that the latter type impairs the conventional political participation and legislative representation of Russia's ethnic Muslims. |
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ISSN: | 1469-9311 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2013.869437 |