Open AccessFractionalization of Unrecognized States in Europe
Author(s) -
Torsten J. Selck,
Lilit Baghdasaryan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
wisdom/imastut'yun
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2738-2753
pISSN - 1829-3824
DOI - 10.24234/wisdom.v1i6.69
Subject(s) - fractionalization , ethnic group , population , census , index (typography) , development economics , geography , political science , economics , demography , sociology , law , computer science , world wide web
Aims: The data on ethnic fractionalization is out-of-date in some cases, and in the case of some countries there are no such data at all. We measure the ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization of unrecognized states in Europe –of Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria and Kosovo, which were up till now excluded from the scope of interest of fractionalization observers. Methods: Using the population census data of these countries, we measure the fractionalization with the one minus Herfindahl index. Results: Whether homogenous or heterogeneous, the levels of their fractionalization remain different. Therefore, the (non)recognition of a state has no effect on its level of fractionalization.