Ethno-embedded institutionalism : the impact of institutional repertoires on ethnic violence

摘要: Hitherto, the relationships between political institutions and ethnopolitical (in)stability typically have been analysed by investigating effects of single, formal such as electoral systems or state structures (see e.g. Reynolds 2002; Roeder Rothchild 2005). My doctoral thesis criticises this research focus on two different yet equally relevant accounts: First, tendency to single out individual is based implicit – I claim: wrong assumption that can be treated separate entities it only secondary relevance which broader set they form part. Second, despite studies highlight informal Sisk Stefes 2005; Varshney 2002), they received far less attention in academic debate so far. ‘Ethno-Embedded Institutionalism’ describes a new approach study institutional incentives for ethnic violence goes beyond mere highlighting both institutional combinations risk civil war. To test Institutionalism’, use grievance-based explanation intrastate binary time-series-cross-section analysis personally designed dataset covers 174 countries 1955 2007. present statistical evidence high levels corruption one hand, presidentialism, majoritarian system legislature unitary structure other increase large-scale violence. Overall, my contributes three regards: i) conceptualising testing Ethno-Embedded Institutionalism; ii) describing grievance-based clearly identifies key values representation; iii) presenting EEI Dataset the first comprehensive data source systematic