Public Policy and Ethnicity : The Politics of Ethnic Boundary Making /

Has ethnicity become institutionalized as a political category? Drawing on international studies, including New Zealand, the book shows that this process of public policymaking creates artificial divisions that can become permanent and detrimental as well as being at odds with the social fluidity of...

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Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Friedman, Jonathan (Editor), Openshaw, Roger (Editor), Rata, Elizabeth (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Ethnicity Studies. International and Comparative Education. Political Sociology. Public Administration. Social Policy. Sociology, general. Comparative education. Ethnicity. International education. Political sociology. Public administration. Social policy. Social sciences. Sociology. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Has ethnicity become institutionalized as a political category? Drawing on international studies, including New Zealand, the book shows that this process of public policymaking creates artificial divisions that can become permanent and detrimental as well as being at odds with the social fluidity of modern societies. Preface by Jonathan Friedman.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XXV, 222 pages)
ISBN:	9780230625303
DOI:	10.1057/9780230625303