Cleavages
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Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, democracy is not new to this 60-year-old state, but ethnic
cleavages
, weak institutions, and religious extremism in the North are perennially destabilizing.
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Race relations in the US have been for decades - and remain - at the center of political debate, to the point that racial
cleavages
are as important as income, if not more, as determinants of political preferences and attitudes.
Without it, lopsided growth is bound to exacerbate the huge
cleavages
in Indian society.
Because they occur very often, winning coalitions shift over time and from issue to issue, which means that no single vote leaves deep
cleavages
in the electorate.
Burma has a very different internal political dynamic, not least because of the complex relationships among its various ethnic and linguistic communities – social
cleavages
that were not an issue in largely homogeneous Poland’s transition.
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