Ethnic Minorities in Democratizing Muslim Countries

• Analyzes how democratizing Muslim countries (Turkey, Indonesia) treat their ethnic minorities
  
  • Reviews the reasons why some Muslim states fail to incorporate minority groups.
  • Introduces solutions to the problems of assimilation and multiculturalism.

Auteur
Maurizio Geri is Research Analyst at ACT-NATO, specializing in international security and democratic issues in the regions of Europe, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- 2. Literature Review.- 3. Research Design.- 4. Securitization and Autonomization in Turkey and Indonesia: A Brief History and Review of the Period of Democratization.- 5. Political Elites' Power Interest and Rational Decision Making.- 6. International Factors: Geopolitical Issues, International Community and Diaspora.- 7. Historical Institutionalism: Nationalism, Institutions and Citizenship of Ethnic Minorities.- 8. Interacting Variable: Ontological Security.- 9. Conclusions.