The politics of difference : ethnic premises in a world of power / edited by Edwin N. Wilmsen and Patrick McAllister.

Other author Wilmsen, Edwin N.
Other author McAllister, P. A.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Descriptionix, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Ethnic relations.
Ethnicity--Political aspects.
National characteristics--Political aspects.

Contents Introduction: Premises of power in ethnic politics / Edwin N. Wilmsen -- Varieties of ethnic politics and ethnicity discourse / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Universalism, particularism, and the question of identity / Ernesto Laclau -- Thinking identities: against a theory of ethnicity / Aletta J. Norval -- Hegemony, power, and languages of contention / William Roseberry -- Ethnogenesis and ethnic mobilization: a comparative perspective on a South African dilemma / John Sharp -- European concepts of nation-building / Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren -- The Nation-state in crisis and the rise of ethnonationalism / Stanley J. Tambiah -- 'The Voice of sanity getting hoarse'? Destructive processes in violent ethnic conflict / Stephen Ryan -- Ethnicity, nationalism, and the politics of difference in an age of revolution / John L. Comaroff.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-205) and index.
LCCN 95035762
ISBN0226900169 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0226900177 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN496 .P65 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold