No abstract

No abstract

No abstract

Intrastate politicical conflicts and the recognition of cultural particularitiesThe contribution of Will Kymlicka's multiculturalist political theory to empirical conflict research Abstract The multiculturalist theory by Will Kymlicka studies conditions of a "good democracy" in culturally heterogeneous societies. In this context Kymlicka pleads for social and political recognition of cultural minorities. How relevant are these demands when it comes to intrastate cultural conflicts? The aim of this paper is to create a dialogue between the multiculturalist theory and quantitative conflict research. To this end a preliminary regression analysis was conducted. It generated three main results: Out of all demands formulated by Kymlicka only political representation rights effectively diminish conflict probability. Autonomy rights even seem to have the opposite effect, thus to increase conflict probability. The tolerance of a society does not impact on the conflict probability. The central (multiculturalist) insight, of relevance for both academics and practioners, hereby is that political recognition can only have an impact, if any, if the targeted groups actually feel recognized.

No abstract