comparative politics
type: Concept
narrower: pillarization

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: pillarization

pillarization
type: Concept
broader: representation and electoral systems
broader: political sociology
broader: comparative politics
definition: Pillarization of society means the vertical integration of a subcultural community in a system of political representation. More often than not, this kind of integration is considered as necessary for a minority to politically participate and survive when democratization of a polity is under way or more or less completed by means of electoral rights (e.g., universal suffrage) and the establishment of a party system (at the national level). [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Pillarization]

political sociology
type: Concept
narrower: pillarization

representation and electoral systems
type: Concept
narrower: pillarization