Minority Politics

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how the representation of minority groups is better insured in district elections, because there is a greater chance for the options of the minority groups to be materialized. The paper shows how despite the increased efforts to create an equal society and to offer minority groups similar treatment, it is still a matter of debate whether power holders can succeed in combining majority and minority interests. The paper explains how minority groups have always represented a sensitive issue for every social policy, regardless of the historical background. Yet, the paper contends that it is important for minority groups to take part and get involved in political life as it is the only way through which a democratic society will acknowledge the merits of any individual or group.

From the Paper:

"The government is, first and foremost considered to be the supreme executive authority in the state. However, at the same time it can be perceived as the source of all federal, state, local and district decisions. Therefore, the impact and role it plays in the life of a minority group or in an individual's political representation can be the outcome of both perspectives"
"The Government, through its influence over the state authorities is able to play a role in the life of a politician who represents the interests of a minority group. This can be perceived from the very beginning of the electoral participation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barry Buzan, People, states and fear: an agenda for international security studies in the post Cold War era. (Budapest: Open Society Institute, 2000), 57.
• Edward G Carmines and Robert Huckfeldt, "The political behavior: an overall perspective," in New Handbook of Political Science, Edited by Robert E. Goodin and Hans Dieter Klingemann. London: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Richard A Keiser and Katherine Underwood. Minority politics at the millennium. (New York : Garland Pub., 2000).

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