The Cauldron Of Ethnicity In The Modern World

Author : Manning Nash
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226568679

Get Book

The Cauldron of Ethnicity in the Modern World by Manning Nash Pdf

The "melting pot" metaphor conveys an image of individuals from varied origins blending imperceptibly together. But when such ingredients as inequality, nationalism, or perceived injustice are added to the mix, the melting pot can become a seething cauldron. Manning Nash's examination of ethnicity in the postcolonial world offers insights into the ways that ethnic tensions are engendered and sustained. Ethnicity, Nash suggests, is formed by historical processes based on preexisting elements of society and culture. Notions of ethnicity have at their core the recursive metaphor of "blood, bed, and cult"—body substance, kinship, and religious belief. When individuals who perceive themselves bound by these ties are threatened in some way, ethnicity becomes a unifying call to action. Nash identifies a number of concepts—political self-rule, economic opportunity, cultural identity, religious freedom—that have been rallying cries for ethnic struggles in the twentieth century. He offers a novel analysis of the ways that ethnic groups identify themselves and maintain "boundaries," and he assesses the circumstances under which ethnicity may be relevant or nearly irrelevant to political, economic, and cultural dynamics. Nash presents three case studies that highlight the multifaceted nature of ethnicity and that each demonstrate a particular mode of comparative method. He compares a situation of conquest (Ladino and Maya in Mexico and Guatemala), a new, excolonial nation with nearly equally sized groups (Chinese and Malays in Malaysia), and a small immigrant group in a large nation (Jews in the United States), pointing out the many possible combinations of political, economic, or cultural struggles in ethnic conflicts. Even in nations where such conflict is minimal, Nash warns, ethnicity remains a reservoir of turbulence in a world where power, wealth, and dignity are unevenly and illegitimately distributed.

Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi,Nhemachena, Artwell
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956764112

Get Book

Rethinking Securities in an Emergent Technoscientific New World Order by Mawere, Munyaradzi,Nhemachena, Artwell Pdf

The emergent technoscientific New World Order is being legitimised through discourses on openness and inclusivity. The paradox is that openness implies vulnerability and insecurities, particularly where closure would offer shelter. While some actors, including NGOs, preach openness of African societies, Africans clamour for protection, restitution and restoration. Africans struggle for ownership and access to housing, for national, cultural, religious, economic, and social belonging that would offer them the necessary security and protection, including protection from the global vicissitudes and matrices of power. In the presence of these struggles, to presuppose openness would be to celebrate vulnerability and insecurities. This book examines ways in which emergent technologies expose Africans and, more generally, peoples of the global south to political, economic, social, cultural and religious shocks occasioned by the coloniality of the global matrices of power. It notes that there is the use – by global elites – of technologies to incite postmodern revolutions designed to compound the vicissitudes and imponderables in the already unsettled lives of people north and south. Particularly targeted by these technologies are African and other governments that do not cooperate in the fulfilment of the interests of the hegemonic global elites. The book is handy to students and practitioners in security studies, African studies, development studies, global studies, policy studies, and political science.

Author : Max Haller in collaboration,Anja Eder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317140887

Get Book

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World by Max Haller in collaboration,Anja Eder Pdf

The modern world is characterised by pervasive economic inequalities. Strong economic growth in some developing countries has contributed to a degree to a reduction in the levels of inequality between nations, yet inequality within nations remains high and in some cases, continues to increase. Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World investigates the reasons for these striking differences, exploring the coincidence and interaction between economic stratification and ethnic differentiation. Drawing on extensive international survey and statistical data, the author develops a new theory and concrete hypotheses concerning the conditions which lead toward extreme inequality and those which tend toward greater equality. A systematic examination of the interaction between class structures, social stratification and ethnic differentiation, this book sheds light on the manner in which the resulting social structures produce different levels of economic inequality, offering a fivefold typology of patterns of ethnic stratification, which can be applied to present-day world regions. Drawing on the work of Max Weber to provide a rigorous investigation of inequality around the world, it demonstrates what 'sociology as a science of social reality' can significantly contribute to our understanding of global economic stratification. The book is relevant for a wide social-scientific audience, particularly for sociologists, economists and political scientists working in a comparative perspective.

Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498507769

Get Book

Imagining the United States of Africa by E. Ike Udogu Pdf

This book frames the debates around the pressing desire for some form of unification that found expression in the pan-Africanist movement and formation of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963 following the advent of home-rule for many former colonies of the Western powers. Discussions in this volume address the following fundamental issues: nationalism and political integration and how the contradictions between both philosophies can be resolved; the amelioration of corruption in order to attract internal and external investments critical for developing the vast natural resources housed in the continent; the need for Africa’s adaptation to the ideology and practice of capitalism and liberal globalization to suit the character of African states in a projected federal United States of Africa; solutions to ethnic conflicts that are bound to happen over clashes of competing group interests; the indispensability and promotion of information communication technologies and urgent need to strengthen a network of regional electric power grids that would provide constant energy to the Union and lead to improvement in communication and economic growth; and recommendation of social democracy as the genre of democracy suitable for a proposed United States of Africa.

Author : Sven Tägil
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0809319748

Get Book

Ethnicity and Nation Building in the Nordic World by Sven Tägil Pdf

Contributors review the historical experiences and the modern roles of ethnic minorities in the emergence of nationalism in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. They show how Nordic countries provide models for the study of ethnicity in other Old World countries based on integral nationality, and examine nationalism and territorial ethnic minorities in various areas of the region. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Prema A. Kurien
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 081353089X

Get Book

Kaleidoscopic Ethnicity by Prema A. Kurien Pdf

She argues that in each case, a community-specific nexus of religion, gender, and status shaped migration and was, in turn, transformed by it."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Hans Goebl,Herbert Ernst Wiegand
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 974 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783110132649

Get Book

Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft by Hans Goebl,Herbert Ernst Wiegand Pdf

Author : Pyong Gap Min,Rose Kim
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0761990674

Get Book

Struggle for Ethnic Identity by Pyong Gap Min,Rose Kim Pdf

Dr. Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim present a compilation of narratives on ethnic identity written by first-, 1.5-, and second-generation Asian American professionals. In an attempt to reconcile the dichotomies long associated with being both Asian and American, these narratives trace the formation of each author's ethnic identity and discuss its importance in shaping his or her professional career. The narratives touch upon common themes of prejudice and discrimination, loss and retention of ethnic subculture, ethnic versus non-ethnic friendship networks, and racial and inter-racial dating patterns. When coupled with Dr. Min's comprehensive introductory chapter on contemporary trends in the study of ethnicity, these narratives prove that constructing one's ethnicity is truly a dynamic process and serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in teaching or studying the concepts of ethnic identity.

Author : Ann Marie Bissessar,John Gaffar La Guerre
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739174715

Get Book

Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana by Ann Marie Bissessar,John Gaffar La Guerre Pdf

In this book an attempt is made to probe more carefully the processes by which social and ethnic problems, as these pertain to Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, are conveyed to the political arena and the mechanisms by which they determine critical outcomes. The authors of this book have accordingly distinguished between predisposing factors and what are described as triggering mechanisms. The factors that trigger dramatic changes will differ between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. In short, while in some respects these societies are similar, in others, there are dramatic differences in their respective histories and political developments. This study begins with a survey of the literature on race relations and their connections with politics; it then proceeds to examine the context for the insertion of the two major groups into these societies, the emergence of ethnic groups, and their relationships with political organizations. The nature and politics of the leaders are then analyzed along with the political structures with a view to identifying what factors were responsible for the differing political experiences of both countries.

Author : Lars Berge,Irma Taddia
Publisher : libreriauniversitaria.it ed.
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9788862923637

Get Book

Themes in Modern African History and Culture by Lars Berge,Irma Taddia Pdf

Author : Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745318878

Get Book

Ethnicity and Nationalism by Thomas Hylland Eriksen Pdf

New expanded edition of a classic anthropology title that examines ethnicity as a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relations.

Author : Kenneth Bush
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230597822

Get Book

The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Kenneth Bush Pdf

Through an examination of the critical junctures in post-colonial Sri Lanka, Kenneth D. Bush refines and advances our understanding of the dynamics underpinning violent and non-violent 'ethnic' conflict. The book enables us to understand how the ebb and flow of relations within ethnic groups affects relations between groups, for good or for ill.

Author : Steve Fenton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349275601

Get Book

Ethnicity by Steve Fenton Pdf

This text discusses key debates in the sociology of ethnicity and race, arguing that ethnicity is culturally expressed and politically and economically contextualised. The historical trajectories of slavery, colonialism and nation-state formation have seen ethnicities and racisms develop along some parallel, and some quite different, lines. Drawing on examples from all around the globe, including Britain, Continental Europe, the USA, Hawaii and Malaysia, this book offers a theoretically informed account of a major sociological issue in a truly international and comparative perspective.

Author : Michel Picard,Robert E. Wood
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 082481911X

Get Book

Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies by Michel Picard,Robert E. Wood Pdf

The expansion of international tourism is changing the relationship between ethnic groups and states around the globe. Yet tourism’s importance for the understanding of ethnicity in the modern world has been generally neglected within the field of ethnic studies. This pioneering volume investigates how international tourism development, state policies of ethnic management, and the active responses of local ethnic groups intersect to reshape ethnic identities and ethnic relations in Asian and Pacific societies. It analyzes the ways in which the very meaning of ethnicity and culture are being contested and reworked in the wake of tourism’s impact. Following an introduction that explores the close but often ambivalent relationship between tourism promotion and state ethnic policies, individual contributors examine tourism’s varied effects in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the island Pacific in rich ethnographic detail.

Author : Nikolaos Biziouras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317805526

Get Book

The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka by Nikolaos Biziouras Pdf

At the point of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was projected to be a success story in the developing world. However, in July 1983 a violent ethnic conflict which pitted the Sinhalese against the Tamils began, and did not come to an end until 2009. This conflict led to nearly 50,000 combatant deaths and approximately 40,000 civilian deaths, as well as almost 1 million internally-displaced refugees and to the permanent migration abroad of nearly 130,000 civilians. With a focus on Sri Lanka, this book explores the political economy of ethnic conflict, and examines how rival political leaders are able to convince their ethnic group members to follow them into violent conflict. Specifically, it looks at how political leaders can influence and utilize changes in the level of economic liberalization in order to mobilize members of a certain ethnic group, and in the case of Sri Lanka, shows how ethnic mobilization drives can turn violent when minority ethnic groups are economically marginalized by the decisions that the majority ethnic group leaders make in order to stay in power. Taking a political economy approach to the conflict in Sri Lanka, this book is unique in its historical analysis and provides a longitudinal view of the evolution of both Tamil and Sinhalese ethnic drives. As such, this interdisciplinary study will be of interest to policy makers as well as academics in the field of South Asian studies, political science, sociology, development studies, political economy and security studies.