Constructivist theories of ethnic politics /
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 questio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Kanchan Chandra
- What is ethnic identity? : a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra
- Attributes and categories : a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra
- How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra
- A combinatorial language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet
- A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet
- Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / A. Maurits van der Veen and David D. Laitin
- How fluid is fluid? : the mutabilit of ethnic identities and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree
- Ethnicity and pork : a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and A. Maurits van Der Veen
- A constructivist model of ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson
- Identity, rationality, and emotion in the processes of state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen
- Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events : how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian S. Lustick.