This Special Issue of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal focuses on the domination of social and political relations by Ethnocracy – rule or would-be rule by an ethnic group or ethnos, as distinct from Democracy or rule by the demos of all the people. Ethnocracy encompasses state regimes and associated political movements and parties that discriminate systematically in favour of a particular ethnic group (or groups) and against others. When we proposed the Special Issue in late 2014 ethnocratic practices were as prevalent as they had ever been; and now two years later they appear to be on the increase with an ethno-populist upsurge and the election or threatened election of governments pursuing ethnocratic agendas. From India to the USA, from Russia to Hungary, leading politicians openly discriminate against ethnic ‘others’ to attract support from ‘their own’ ethnic groups; across the European Union and in other liberal democracies they increasingly scapegoat ‘immigrants’ to hide their own inadequacies and further their political objectives. Now, more than ever, it is critical that the dynamics of ethnocracy are more clearly understood. This Issue documents the logics of ethnocracy in a variety of different contexts, posing questions about how it develops and how it can be challenged.

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社论欢迎：关于民族学的特刊

这本《世界公民社会杂志》特刊侧重于民族政治对社会和政治关系的统治，即民族或民族的统治或将要统治，与民主或全民的民主统治不同。族裔制包括国家政权，相关的政治运动和政党，这些政党系统地歧视一个或多个特定种族群体，并与其他种族群体进行歧视。当我们在2014年底提出《特刊》时，种族主义做法一向如此普遍；现在，两年后，随着民族民粹主义的高涨以及追求种族主义议程的政府的选举或威胁选举，这种情况似乎在增加。从印度到美国，从俄罗斯到匈牙利，领先的政客公开歧视“其他”种族，以吸引“他们自己”的种族群体的支持；在整个欧洲联盟和其他自由民主国家，他们越来越多地替山羊“移民”蒙上阴影，以掩饰自己的不足之处并进一步推进其政治目标。现在，比以往任何时候都更重要的是，必须更加清楚地了解种族主义的动态。本期记录了各种情况下的种族主义逻辑，并提出了关于种族主义如何发展以及如何受到挑战的问题。