| Description |
viii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Conceptual Matters. 1. Conceptualizing "race", ethnicity and nation: towards a comparative perspective / Peter Ratcliffe. 2. State, Nation and Ethnie: the processual linkages / T. K. Oommen -- Pt. 2. The Salience of "Race" 3. The dilemma persists: race, class and inequality in American life / Walter R. Allen. 4. Race and ethnic relations in Australia: theory, methods and substance / Christine Inglis. 5. South Africa: from "race" to non-racialism? / Rupert Taylor. 6. "Race" in Britain: theory, methods and substance / Peter Ratcliffe -- Pt. 3. Ethnicity, Nation and Ethno-Nationalism. 7. Linkages between methodology, research and theory in race and ethnic studies: a case study of Sri Lanka / Radhika Coomaraswamy. 8. Ethno-nationalism in India: political, historical and sociological discourse / Ashok Kaul. 9. The dialectics of theory and research on race and ethnicity in Nigeria / L. Adele Jinadu |
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10. Community and ethnicity in Israel: interrelationships of theory and practice / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman. 11. Nation, race and ethnicity in Poland / Antonina Kloskowska. 12. Between west and east: Tartars in the former USSR / Vasile Ziatdinov and Sviatoslav Grigoriev |
| Summary |
An international and comparative analysis of social division rooted in race, ethnicity and national identity. It provides an overview of the key issues underlying ethnic conflict which has now risen to the top of the international political agenda |
| Analysis |
Ethnic groups Conflict |
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Cultural identity |
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Ethnic relations |
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International comparisons |
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National identity |
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Overseas item |
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Race relations |
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Social conflict |
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Social sciences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnicity.
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Racism.
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Social conflict.
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| Author |
Ratcliffe, Peter, 1948-
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| LC no. |
94012567 |
| ISBN |
1857280997 |
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1857286618 (paperback) |
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