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46 Comp. Pol. Stud. 3 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/compls46 and id is 1 raw text is: Articles Comparative Political Studies 46(1) 3-30 Religion and Coalition @The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: Politics sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10. 1177/00I04I40I2453029 http://cps.sagepub.com OSAGE j6hanna Kristin Birnir' and Nil S. Satana2 Abstract The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued impor- tance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the distance argument is worrisome for minorities seeking political access because many minorities are of different religion than the majority representatives forming coalitions. The authors suggest plurality parties' objectives to demonstrate inclusive- ness outweigh the concern over policy distance.They test their hypotheses on a sample of all electorally active ethnic minorities in democracies from 1945 to 2004.The authors find support for their hypothesis that ethnic par- ties representing minorities that diverge in religious family from the majority are more likely to be included in governing coalitions than are ethnic minori- ties at large. It is interesting, howeverthat they also find that minority parties representing ethnic groups that differ in denomination from the majority are less likely to be included in governing coalitions. Keywords religion, coalition politics, ethnic minorities What is the role of religion in determining ethnic minority access to execu- tive coalitions in democracies worldwide? Do majority politicians eschew or appeal strategically to ethnic minorities representing distinct religious 'University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 2Bilkent UniversityAnkara,Turkey Corresponding Author: j6hanna Kristin Birnir, Department of Government and Politics, Research Director, CIDCM, University of Maryland, 0145 Tydings Hall, College Park MD, 20742, USA Email: jkbirnir@umd.edu

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