Ethnicity And Power In The Contemporary World

Author : Edwin Norman Wilmsen,P. A. McAllister
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0226900169

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The Politics of Difference by Edwin Norman Wilmsen,P. A. McAllister Pdf

According to most social scientists, the advent of a global media village and the rise of liberal democratic government would diminish ethnic and national identity as a source of political action. Yet the contemporary world is in the midst of an explosion of identity politics and often violent ethnonationalism. This volume examines cases ranging from the well-publicized ethnonationalism of Bosnia and post-Apartheid South Africa to ethnic conflicts in Belgium and Sri Lanka. Distinguished international scholars including John Comaroff, Stanley J. Tambiah, and Ernesto Laclau argue that continued acceptance of imposed ethnic terms as the most appropriate vehicle for collective self-identification and social action legitimizes the conditions of inequality that give rise to them in the first place. This ambitious attempt to explain the inadequacies of current approaches to power and ethnicity forges more realistic alternatives to the volatile realities of social difference.

Author : Kumar Rupesinghe,Valeriĭ Aleksandrovich Tishkov,V. A. Tishkov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037777714

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Ethnicity and Power in the Contemporary World by Kumar Rupesinghe,Valeriĭ Aleksandrovich Tishkov,V. A. Tishkov Pdf

Violent internal conflicts are the predominant form of warfare in the world today, and there is an urgent need to understand their causes and find ways for their prevention and resolution. The book present a variety of perspectives, conceptions, arguments, and conclusions regarding ethnicity, power, and conflict in the contemporary world.

Author : Donald G Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032711612

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Race, Ethnicity and Power by Donald G Baker Pdf

First published in 1983, Race, Ethnicity and Power focuses on contemporary race and ethnic relations in six countries and looks at the historical context by tracing how various forces and factors, such as group power capabilities, shaped present-day ethnic and race relations. It describes how English settlers, and their descendants used their power historically to control major political, economic and social structures, and to shape the cultural policies of these countries. It explains how ethnic and race relations are best understood by assessing the changing power capabilities of Anglo and non-Anglo groups, and shows how changes in group relations are the consequence of two major factors: modification in group power resources and capabilities, and changes in situational factors. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, political science, ethnic studies and international relations.

Author : John F. Stack
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986-10-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313247590

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The Primordial Challenge by John F. Stack Pdf

Ethnicity plays a vital role in contemporary world politics. This collection of essays documents the international dimensions of ethnic identity by examining the interaction between ethnicity and the actions of modern nation-states in a variety of global, regional, and urban settings throughout the world. The editor, John F. Stack, Jr., provocatively argues that the dynamics of ethnicity in the contemporary world are best examined from the perspective of primordial attachments--those givens of social existence based on family ties, race, custom, language, religion, and region. This perspective is disputed by a number of the contributors who see ethnicity as the result of instrumental forces--state building, socioeconomic class, modernization, political development, and the transformation of the global political economy.

Author : Gargi Bhattacharyya,John Gabriel,Stephen Small
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136352492

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Race and Power by Gargi Bhattacharyya,John Gabriel,Stephen Small Pdf

Reviewing cutting-edge debates around racial politics and the culture and economy of globalization, this book draws together a wide range of important contemporary debates in a clear and concise way for undergraduate students. Far from concluding that racism is over, the authors contend that the forces of globalization inhabit older cultures of racial division in order to safeguard the economic interests of the privileged. Arguing that the unspoken culture of whiteness informs much that passes in the name of globalization, the book suggests that we are witnessing a reformulation of economic relations around global racisms. Alongside these shifts in economic relations, racialized identities evolve to encompass mixed heritages and mixed cultures both in personal identities and in lifestyle choices. This is one of the few texts that concentrates on the theory of race rather than politics. It looks at race in global terms, and at 'whiteness' as a part of ethnic studies.

Author : Stephen Cornell,Douglas Hartmann
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412941105

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Ethnicity and Race by Stephen Cornell,Douglas Hartmann Pdf

Resource added for the Psychology (includes Sociology) 108091 courses.

Author : Athina Karatzogianni,Andrew Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135261610

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Power, Resistance and Conflict in the Contemporary World by Athina Karatzogianni,Andrew Robinson Pdf

Examines the operation of network forms of organization in social resistance movements, in relation to the integration of the world system, the intersection of networks and the possibility of social transformation.

Author : University of Cologne Forum »Ethnicity as a Political Resource«
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839430132

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Ethnicity as a Political Resource by University of Cologne Forum »Ethnicity as a Political Resource« Pdf

How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods? This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches to the political uses of ethnicity, both in contemporary settings and from a historical perspective. Its scope is multidisciplinary and spans across the globe. It is a suitable resource for teaching material. With its short contributions, it conveys central points of how to understand and analyze ethnicity as a political resource.

Author : Joseph R. Rudolph,Robert J. Thompson, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0582209692

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Ethnicity and Politics by Joseph R. Rudolph,Robert J. Thompson, Jr. Pdf

Author : Endy (Endalkachew) Kidanewold
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781662473456

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Healing Wounds of Ethnic Conflicts Through Feet-Washing by Endy (Endalkachew) Kidanewold Pdf

This book is about reconciliation. It is about winning forgiveness and healing for self and others at a price. That price in this book is foot washing. The research, based on descriptions and stories told, shed light on the depth of foot washing as a powerful alternative tool that can break the cycle of conflict and facilitate dialogue. Stories tell that foot washing generated emotions of tears and joy eliciting trust, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration of lost relationships in the process of mediation and conflict resolution. Endy and his wife are small business owners in travel and commercial-cleaning trades since 1995. Endy is currently a certified mediator in Superior Court Civil Actions in the state of North Carolina. Love, let live, and live (partly a World War II saying).

Author : Daniele Conversi
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415332737

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Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World by Daniele Conversi Pdf

Essential reading for anyone interested in problems associated with ethnicity and nationalism - it offers a guide to understanding the ethnonational forces that underpin much of recent terrorist activity.

Author : Amy Chua
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400076376

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World on Fire by Amy Chua Pdf

The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting free market democracy. Chua shows how in non-Western countries around the globe, free markets have concentrated starkly disproportionate wealth in the hands of a resented ethnic minority. These “market-dominant minorities” – Chinese in Southeast Asia, Croatians in the former Yugoslavia, whites in Latin America and South Africa, Indians in East Africa, Lebanese in West Africa, Jews in post-communist Russia – become objects of violent hatred. At the same time, democracy empowers the impoverished majority, unleashing ethnic demagoguery, confiscation, and sometimes genocidal revenge. She also argues that the United States has become the world’s most visible market-dominant minority, a fact that helps explain the rising tide of anti-Americanism around the world. Chua is a friend of globalization, but she urges us to find ways to spread its benefits and curb its most destructive aspects.

Author : Jonathan Paquin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773537361

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A Stability-Seeking Power by Jonathan Paquin Pdf

An insightful study of how America handles independence movements overseas.

Author : Jan Lin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136909856

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The Power of Urban Ethnic Places by Jan Lin Pdf

The Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the U.S., disagreeing with any perceptions that the rise of ethnic enclaves and heritage places are harbingers of separatism or balkanization. Instead, the text argues that by better understanding the power and dynamics of ethnic enclaves and heritage places in our society, we as a society will be better prepared to harness the economic and cultural changes related to globalization rather than be hurt or divided by these same forces of economic and cultural restructuring.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309452960

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Communities in Action by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States Pdf

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.