Constructivist theories of ethnic politics
By: edited by Kanchan Chandra
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780199893157; 9780199893171
Subjects: Political aspects; Ethnicity; Identity politics; Political activity; Ethnic groups; Philosophy; Ethnic relations
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Kanchan Chandra; title: What is ethnic identity: a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra; title: Attributes and categories: a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra; title: How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra; title: A language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet; title: A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet; title: Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / Maurits Van der Veen and David Laitin; title: How fluid is fluid? ethnic demography and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree; title: Ethnicity and pork: a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and Maurits Van Der Veen; title: Constructivism and ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson; title: Identity, rationality, and emotion in state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen; title: Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events: how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian Lustick.