Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
The Decline of Regionalism in Putin's Russia
Boundary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Despite its overwhelmingly Muslim majority, Indonesia has always been seen as exceptional for its diversity and pluralism. In recent years, however, there has been a rise in "majoritarianism", with resurgent Islamist groups pushing hard to impose conservative values on public life – in...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
The peoples of Taiwan have been influenced by many different cultures and migrations throughout the island’s history. In the 20th and early 21st centuries especially it has been a stage for cultural and ethnic conflict, not least because of the arrival of mainland Chinese fleeing the Chinese Communist...
by Emmanuel Karagiannis
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Any understanding of the complex politics of the post-Soviet Caucasus presupposes an understanding of the relationship between the transportation of Azerbaijan's oil, inter-state relations and ethnic conflicts. Energy and Security in the Caucasus is a contribution to the debate revolving around the geo-politics of the Caucasus.
The Diary of Terror
Ethiopia 1974 to 1991
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This book is about the rise of a military dictatorship that overthrew an African kingdom that ruled the country for centuries. Emperor Haile Sellassie claimed to be King of Kings, the lion of the tribe of Judea, crumbled before both his peoples who hated and who worshipped him. The military that overthrew...
Desi Divas
Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Desi Divas: Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances is the product of five years of field research with progressive activists associated with the School for Indian Languages and Cultures (SILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), the feminist dance collective Post Natyam,...
Islamophobia and Securitization
Religion, Ethnicity and the Female Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
This book explores everyday realities of young Muslim women in Britain, who are portrayed as antithetical to the British way of life in media and political discourse. The book captures how geo-political events, and national tragedies continue to implicate individuals and communities at the domestic...
Chicano Rap
Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial Barrio
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture have engrossed American youth since the mid-1980s. Although the first rappers were African Americans, rap and hip hop culture quickly spread to other ethnic groups who have added their own cultural elements...
Desis Divided
The Political Lives of South Asian Americans
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
For immigrants to America, from Europeans in the early twentieth century through later Latinos, Asians, and Caribbeans, gaining social and political ground has generally been considered an exercise in ethnic and racial solidarity. The experience of South Asian Americans, one of the fastest-growing immigrant...
The Colour of Our Future
Does Race Matter In Post-Apartheid South Africa?
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
South Africa is ready for a new vocabulary than can form the basis for a national consciousness which recognises racialised identities while affirming that, as human beings, we are much more than our racial, sexual, class, religious or national identities.
The Colour of Our Future makes a bold and...
by María Eugenia Verdaguer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Drawing on surveys and in-depth interviews, this book examines the social and economic relations of first-generation Latino entrepreneurs. Verdaguer explores social patterns between and within groups, situating immigrant entrepreneurship within concrete geographical, demographic and historical spaces....
Textiles and Clothing of Việt Nam
A History
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Việt Nam is the home of more than fifty ethnic minorities—such as the Chăm and Thái—many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. The tight-fitting tunic called áo dài, widely recognized as a national symbol, has its roots in the country’s 2,000–year...
Unmeltable Ethnics
Politics and Culture in American Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
This new, enlarged edition of an influential book originally published in 1972 as The Rise of the Unmeltable Ethnicsextends the author's wise and generous view of ethnicity. Its aim "is to raise consciousness about a crucial part of the American experience: to involve each reader in self-inquiry....
China's Local Administration
Traditions and Changes in the Sub-National Hierarchy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
The remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government – which has played and continues to play a key role in these developments – is often overlooked. The themes of China’s local administrative hierarchy, and its historical...