Model Minorities and Fifth Columns in Service of Nation-Building: (De)securitization of Ethnicity in Nation-States with Multiple Minorities
Journal: Nationalities Papers
Year: 2025

Abstract Does the presence of two or more transborder minorities alter the logic of nation-building and affect minority securitization? This article goes beyond the triadic nexus framework commonly applied to minorities caught between their home- and kin-states, proposing a complex lens for analyzing states with multiple ethnic minorities. Titular political elites dealing with multiple minorities assign them to contradictory frames to manage the challenging reality of ethnic demography and regio