Ethnoregional Conflict in Democracies: Mostly Ballots, Rarely Bullets

Most advanced industrial democracies have been successful in controlling ethnic political conflicts peacefully. This book examines ethnoregional conflicts in seven ethnoregions - in Scotland, Flanders, Wallanio, Brussels, Quebec, Northern Ireland, and the Basque region of Spain. It explains what factors determine electoral support for ethnoregional parties, why in some cases electoral conflict has co-existed with ethnic violence and why there appears to be an inverse relationship between electoral success and political success among many ethnoregional parties. As ethnic conflicts - peaceful and violent - continue to rage around the world, this study should be of interest to scholars and students in comparative politics and ethnic studies.