Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Minority Rights
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Minority Rights
Stephen May, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Tariq Modood, University of Bristol
Judith Squires, University of Bristol
Tariq Modood, University of Bristol
Judith Squires, University of Bristol
November 2004
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Focusing on minority rights and recognition, this interdisciplinary collection addresses the position of minorities in democratic societies. Featured topics include the constructed nature of ethnicity, class and the "new racism," different forms of nationalism, self-determination and indigenous politics, the politics of recognition versus the politics of redistribution, and the re-emergence of cosmopolitanism.
- Unique interdisciplinary approach, establishing dialogue between political and social theory in particular
- Contributors include many of the leading figures in the field
- Addresses issues of key importance to all societies in the 21st century
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November 2004Paperback
9780521603171
274 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.41kg
5 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Ethnicity, nationalism and minority rights charting the disciplinary debates Stephen May, Tariq Modood, and Judith Squires
- Part I. Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups:
- 2. Ethnicities and multiculturalisms: politics of boundaries Jan Nederveen Pieterse
- 3. Ethnicity without groups Rogers Brubaker
- 4. Ethnicity, class and the 1999 Mauritian riots Thomas Hylland Eriksen
- 5. Black nationalism and African American ethnicity: the case of Afrocentrism as civil religion Patricia Hill Collins
- Part II. The State and Minority Claims:
- 6. New nationalisms and collective rights: the case of South Asia T. K. Oommen
- 7. Justice and security in the accommodation of minority nationalism Will Kymlicka
- 8. Two concepts of self determination Iris Marion Young
- Part III. New Directions:
- 9. Recognition or redistribution: a misguided debate Bhikhu Parekh
- 10. Borders, boundaries and the politics of belonging Nira Yuval-Davis
- 11. Cosmopolitanism is not enough: reflections after 9/11 Craig Calhoun.
