Whoever controls the institutions and men of violence can impose social order

Evidence

An ethnocracy ensues when the dominant ethnic group eschews accommodation, conciliation, and compromise with the state’s minorities and instead seeks to institutionalize its preferences so that it alone controls the levers of power. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 317

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concise definition of ethnocracy as distinct from democracy — useful concept for the manufactured-enmity research frame.
• XREF: connects to: Rational subordinates enforce dominants’ violence on their own group — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 683; High-capacity regimes’ monopoly on coercion means their own agents dominate the violence that occurs — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 737; Institutionalized legitimate power outweighs brutality in social significance — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 612 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• High-capacity regimes’ monopoly on coercion means their own agents dominate the violence that occurs #corroborates (0.85) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 737
• Complex societies institutionalize power to make coercion possible. #expands (0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 597
• Rational subordinates enforce dominants’ violence on their own group #expands (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 683
• Institutionalized legitimate power outweighs brutality in social significance #qualifies (0.75) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 612
• Political institutions perpetuate the violence that founded them #expands (0.72)