Download or read book Ethnic Politics, Regime Support and Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe written by Julian Bernauer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnicity and ethnic parties have often been portrayed as a threat to political stability. This book challenges the notion that the organization of politics in heterogeneous societies should overcome ethnicity. Rather, descriptive representation of ethnic groups has potential to increase regime support and reduce conflict.