Nationalism and Inter-ethnic Conflict

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel convenes experts in institutional approaches to inter-group relations in troubled multi-ethnic states. The paper approaches the subject from different theoretical and methodological angles and with attention to different regions of the world. The panel includes a political theorist, legal scholars, political behaviorists, and historical/small-n comparativists. The authors propose to serve as their own discussants.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• Nationalism as a Democratic and Authoritarian Resource: India and Malaysia - Dan Slater, University of Michigan; Maya Jessica Tudor, Oxford University

• Citizenship Laws and Ethnic Group Incorporation - Zach Elkins, University of Texas, Austin; John M. Sides, Vanderbilt University

• The Neglected Questions of Interethnic Power Sharing - Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University

• The Nationalism of the Vulnerables - Yael Tamir, Oxford University

Chair

• Zach Elkins University of Texas, Austin

Discussants

• Donald L. Horowitz Duke University

• Maya Jessica Tudor Oxford University