Constructivist theories of ethnic politics
Chandra, KanchanContributor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2012.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Ethnicity
Ethnic relations
Ethnic groups
Identity politics
Ethnicity
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Theory of the State