political parties of ethnic minorities
Political mobilisation based on ethnic, national or linguistic identity is based on the defence of the identity of the minority community against the state’s policies aimed at assimilation or globalization influences that could threaten the preservation of the community due to increased migration or economic vulnerability. Ethnic parties are typically minority parties. Their goals may include 1. cultural revival, 2. political autonomy, 3. territorial self-determination, 4. separatism, 5. irredentism. Regional and majority ethno-nationalist political movements can be mentioned as a separate category. Ethno-regional parties are based on the aspirations of geographically defined, territorially concentrated, peripheral minorities and demand recognition of their cultural identity through changing the way the nation-state functions, sometimes even through changing the administrative structure.