The Ethnicity Reader Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration

by Guibernau, Montserrat; Rex , John

• ISBN13: 9780745647012
• ISBN10: 0745647014
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-11
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and engaging selection of readings for students of sociology, politics, international relations and race relations. Updated with a large proportion of new readings and extended editorial summaries, the reader analyses the ethnic component present in nationalism, multiculturalism and migration, making it indispensable to those seeking to understand the relevance of ethnicity as one of the most prominent forces in the modern world. Drawing on a wide range of examples, the selections included examine theories of nationalism and consider issues of ethnic integration and conflict in the USA, Middle East, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Quebec and Catalonia among other countries and regions. The concept of ethnicity, however, is discussed not only in relation to group rights in existing nation-states: many of the selections deal with the role of ethnicity in groups which are not nationalist at all but for which ethnicity is an important factor in the process of migration, extending the focus to transnational communities in a globalized world. Contributors include Benedict Anderson, Etienne Balibar, James Clifford, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Keating, Will Kymlicka, Tariq Modood, John Rex, Anthony D. Smith, Michel Wieviorka, and Franke Wilmer.

Author Biography

Montserrat Guibernau is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London

John Rex is Professor Emeritus at Warwick University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Ethnicity and Nationalism

The Concept of Ethnicity

What is an ethnic group?

Structure and persistence of Ethnie

Ethnicity without groups

Ethnicity, race and nation

Ethnicity and Nationalism

The nation and the origins of national consciousness

Nationalism as a product of industrial society

An anti-nationalist account of nationalism since 1989

Ethnicity and Violence

Causes and implications of ethnic conflict

State collapse and the rise of identity politics in Iraq

Ethnicity and the emergence of Somaliland

Ethnicity and Self-determination

Catalonia: Nationalism and intellectuals in nations without states

Scotland: The importance of raising your own revenues

Quebec and Canada: Understanding the federal principle

Galicia: economic backwarness and nationalist revival

First Nations in the USA

The Kurds in Iraq and Iran

Multiculturalism, Migration and Racism

Multicultural and Plural Societies

The concept of a multicultural society

Plural societies

What is multiculturalism?

Multiculturalism, liberal citizenship and national identity: on British Muslims

Citizenship, Assimilation and Multiculturalism

Ethnicity and liberalism in the USA

The 'hispanic' challenge to American identity

Rethinking assimilation theory

Multiculturalism in welfare states: the case of Germany

'Culturalism' and 'Nationalism' in modern China

Migration in the Global Age

Causes of migration

Diasporas

Transnational Migrant Brokerage in China

Racism and Xenophobia

Racism in Europe: unity and diversity

The liberal retreat from race since the Civil Rights Act

'Class racism'

Index

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