The Politics of Domination: Taking, Keeping, and Losing Control over Other Peoples

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John McGarry (Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor, Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor, Queen's University, Kingston)

The Politics of Domination

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Taking, Keeping, and Losing Control over Other Peoples

John McGarry (Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor, Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor, Queen's University, Kingston)

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Oxford University Press
12 March 2026

Political science & theory; Comparative politics

This book examines the political subordination and repression of one or more peoples by another people and its elites within the same polity.

This sort of domination is surprisingly more common than we may think, given the value we are said to place on multiculturalism, equality, and human freedom.

If we use one plausible proxy for domination - the intentional, targeted, and active exclusion by state authorities of an ethnic community from political power - then forty-two of the world's countries in 2021, some 23 per cent, practised domination, and a total of seventy-two communities were dominated. Domination is seen here as an intentional strategy, not simply an unintended consequence of a dominant people's numbers or power.

Correspondingly, the book identifies domination regimes by the

By: John McGarry (Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor Queen's University Kingston)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 22mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 234mm
Weight: 715g
ISBN: 9780192874979
ISBN 10: 0192874977
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 12 March 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John McGarry is Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's top civic honour, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.