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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Golosov, Grigorij Vasilʹevič 1963- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: [2014]
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)
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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.
ISSN:1469-9311
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2013.869437