Parliamentary majorities and national minorities: Moldova’s accommodation of the Gagauz

Thesis

This thesis provides an institutional explanation for the peaceful solution of the conflict between the Moldovan state and its small Gagauz minority in the period from 1988 to 1995. The central argument is that different institutional arrangements during this time had a direct effect on the Moldovan state’s capacity to bring about autonomy for the Gagauz. I show how Gagauz leaders, conditioned by the territorial-based structures of the Soviet Union, mobilized a political movement to p...

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Authors: Webster, J; John Alton Webster

• Publication date: 2008
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Gagauz; Moldova; ethnic minorities; autonomy; agenda control; conflict resolution; Institutional design
• Subjects: Ethnic minorities and ethnicity; Democratic government; Political science; European democracies; National identity