1. Minority Participation in Kosovo Elections : Opportunities and Challenges
- Author:
- Zora Popova
- Publication Date:
- 06-2013
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- European Centre for Minority Issues
- Abstract:
- Voting is a fundamental democratic right that empowers people to exercise their civil control over the politics and politicians, over the different branches of power, over the development paths of their countries. Democratic electoral systems in Europe vary greatly. But the electoral systems alone, although contributing to the specific architectures of the national democracies, are not the only factors that determine the quality of the democracy in place. Focused on legislation, rules and procedures, policy analysts sometimes tend to look at voters as "beneficiaries" and not as the active subjects who in fact have the power to change the status quo or to contribute to deformities of the political system in place, by not exercising their political and civil rights.
- Topic:
- Democratization, Human Rights, Governance, Law, and Minorities
- Political Geography:
- Europe