Census and Identity
Census and Identity
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USDThis study examines the ways that states have attempted to pigeon-hole the people within their boundaries into racial, ethnic, and language categories. These attempts, whether through American efforts to divide the U.S. population into mutually exclusive racial categories, or through the Soviet system of inscribing nationality categories on internal passports, have important implications not only for people's own identities and life chances, but for national political and social processes as well. The book reviews the history of these categorizing efforts by the state, offers a theoretical context for examining them, and illustrates the case with studies from a range of countries.
- The first in a new series that specifically addresses the needs of the student
- Focuses on the charged topic of efforts to categorize individuals into racial and ethnic categories in the national census
- Highly integrated volume with extensive introductory chapter that helps define a new field
Reviews & endorsements
"The volume...holds together quite well...for a wide variety of audiences, from the advanced undergraduate in a seminar on nationalism to the scholar interested in state and nation building." Perspectives on Politics
"...highly recommended. Public policy analysts and social scientists will gain most from a careful reading of these essays. But students of history, too, will find this volume rewarding, as virtually every selection is strong on historical background." Journal of American Ethnic History
Product details
January 2002Paperback
9780521004275
224 pages
228 × 153 × 16 mm
0.366kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Censuses, identity formation, and the struggle for political power David I. Kertzer and Dominique Arel
- 2. Racial categorization in censuses Melissa Nobles
- 3. Ethnic categorization in censuses: comparative observations from Israel, Canada, and the United States Calvin Goldscheider
- 4. Language categories in censuses: backward- or forward-looking? Dominique Arel
- 5. The debate on resisting identity categorization in France Alain Blum
- 6. On counting, categorizing, and violence in Burundi and Rwanda Peter Uvin
- 7. Identity counts: the Soviet legacy and the census in Uzbekistan David Abramson.
