Ethnic and Racial Consciousness

by Banton,Michael

• ISBN13: 9780582299115
• ISBN10: 058229911X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-02-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Ethnic and Racial Consciousnessis a completely revised version of the highly acclaimed first edition published in 1988. At that time no one expected the former Yugoslavia would break up with the brutal slaughter of neighbour by neighbour. Few would have predicted the horrific massacres in Rwanda and Burundi which have led to accusations of genocide. The ending of the cold war has been followed by struggles in the former Soviet Union in which one group has struggled for dominance and the other for independence. Ethnic conflict is now one of the main threats to peace in the contemporary world. This new edition offers an up-to-date introduction to the many issues surrounding our definition and understanding of ethnic and racial difference, racism and discrimination in general.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
1 Introduction	1	(6)
Modes of Discourse	2	(2)
The Sources of group consciousness	4	(3)
2 Naming groups	7	(23)
Practical language	9	(9)
Name-changing	18	(6)
Legal language	24	(3)
Conflict	27	(3)
3 Accounting for differences	30	(17)
Explanations	32	(3)
Natural selection	35	(2)
Ethnicity	37	(3)
Racism	40	(5)
Looking ahead	45	(2)
4 Groups and individuals	47	(19)
Ends and means	47	(3)
Experimental research
Encounters between peoples	51	(5)
Continuous and discountinuous ranking	56	(1)
Interaction	61	(5)
5 Peoples and states	66	(22)
Implications of empire	67	(4)
Rwanda and Burundi	71	(6)
Genocide	77	(5)
Constitutional engineering	82	(4)
Conclusion	86	(2)
6 Increasing group conciousness	88	(19)
Racial classification	88	(5)
Segregation	93	(2)
Sanctions	95	(2)
Group competition	97	(3)
Transmitted inequality	100	(4)
The sphere of the state	104	(2)
Conclusion	106	(1)
7 Decreasing group consciousness	107	(24)
The second Reconstruction in the USA	107	(7)
The prospects for South Africa	114	(3)
Ethnic consciousness in Western Europe	117	(5)
Negotiating change	122	(8)
Conclusion	130	(1)
8 International oversight	131	(23)
Regional organizations	131	(2)
UN treaty bodies	133	(2)
The development of policy in the UK	135	(11)
The UK report as a case study	146	(3)
CERD's reception of the UK's Thirteenth report	149	(3)
Conclusion	152	(2)
9 Collective action	154	(14)
Morale	155	(1)
The nation-state	156	(3)
Religion	159	(3)
Diversity	162	(2)
Conclusion	164	(4)
Student's appendix	168	(14)
Glossary	182	(4)
Bibliography	186	(5)
Index	191