What Is Mala Htun's Reasoning for Why Ethnicity-Based Political Groups

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is Mala Htun's reasoning for why ethnicity-based political groups are more likely to form than gender-based political groups?

• A) Ethnicity-based groups do not alienate the other half of the electorate like gender-based groups do.
• B) Ethnicity-based groups face more discrimination than gender-based groups.
• C) Ethnicity tends to coincide with other forms of cleavages, whereas gender tends to crosscut them.
• D) Ethnic tends to crosscut with other forms of cleavages, whereas gender tends to coincide with them.

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