Title Constructivist theories of ethnic politics / edited by Kanchan Chandra

Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 500 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction / Kanchan Chandra -- What is ethnic identity? : a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra -- Attributes and categories : a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra -- How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra -- A combinatorial language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet -- A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet -- Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / A. Maurits van der Veen and David D. Laitin -- How fluid is fluid? : the mutabilit of ethnic identities and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree -- Ethnicity and pork : a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and A. Maurits van Der Veen -- A constructivist model of ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson -- Identity, rationality, and emotion in the processes of state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen -- Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events : how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian S. Lustick Summary Taking the possibility of change in ethnic identity into account, this book shows and dismantles the theoretical logics linking ethnic diversity to negative outcomes and processes such as democratic destabilisation, clientelism, riots and state collapse. Even more importantly, it changes the questions we can ask about the relationship between ethnicity, politics and economics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-468) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Ethnicity -- Political aspects Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. Ethnic groups -- Political activity Identity politics. Ethnicity -- Philosophy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Ethnic groups -- Political activity. Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. Ethnicity -- Philosophy. Ethnicity -- Political aspects. Identity politics. Form Electronic book Author Chandra, Kanchan, 1971- ISBN 9780199893164 0199893160 9780199980079 0199980071

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