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Constructivist theories of ethnic politics
- Title
- Constructivist theories of ethnic politics / edited by Kanchan Chandra.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Description
- xvi, 500 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col. ) ; 24 cm.
- Other contributors
- Chandra, Kanchan, 1971-
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- 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 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 / Maurits Van der Veen and David Laitin
- How fluid is fluid? ethnic demography and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree
- Ethnicity and pork: a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and Maurits Van Der Veen
- Constructivism and ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson
- Identity, rationality, and emotion in state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen
- Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events: how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian Lustick.
- Subject headings
- Ethnicity--Political aspects. Ethnic relations--Political aspects. Ethnic groups--Political activity. Identity politics. Ethnicity--Philosophy.
- ISBN
- 9780199893157 (hardback : alk. paper) 0199893152 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780199893171 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199893179 (pbk. : alk. paper)