Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism
De-Centering China
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Elena Barabantseva looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities. The interplay between modernisation programmes and nationalist discourses has shaped China’s national project,...
Obama and the biracial factor
The battle for a new American majority
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Since the election in 2008 of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States there have been a plethora of books, films, and articles about the role of race in the election of the first person of color to the White House. None of these works though delves into the intricacies of Mr. Obama's biracial...
The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka
Terrorism, ethnicity, political economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
The book provides a detailed historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist...
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Nepal
Identities and Mobilization after 1990
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Identity movements, based on ethnicity, caste, language, religion and regional identity, have become increasingly significant in Nepal, reshaping debates on the definition of the nation, nationalism and the structure of the state. This book analyzes the rapid rise in ethnic and nationalist mobilization...
Ethnic Relations in Post-Soviet Russia
Russians and Non-Russians in the North Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
While the collapse of communism in Russia was relatively peaceful, ethnic relations have been deteriorating since then. This deterioration poses a threat to the functioning of the Russian state and is a major obstacle to its future development. Analysing ethnic relations in the North Caucasus, this...
Language, Identity and Conflict
A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the...
Chinese Indonesians Reassessed
History, Religion and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The Chinese in Indonesia form a significant minority of about three percent of the population, and have played a disproportionately important role in the country. Given that Chinese Indonesians are not seen as indigenous to the country and are consistently defined against Indonesian nationalism, most...
Equality and Cultural Capital for Ethnic Minorities
Embarking on the Path of Community Learning and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
In response to the growing concern in a wider community regarding sense of belonging, community cohesion and integration, intolerance, civic irresponsibility, and a degree of hostility that a growing number of people face, the study has had to answer a number of interrelated questions about what qualities...
Dialogues across Diasporas
Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Dialogues Across Diasporas focuses on the shared historical legacies of members of the Africana and Latina diasporas, and the cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas. This book seeks to emphasize connections rather than divisions among different migratory ethnic communities via a reconfiguration...
by Diane Deanda
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Explore the cultural, familial, and community resilience and protective factors that are available to different youth populations in the U.S.!
The face of American youth is changing. In 2000, ethnic minority youth constituted one third of the adolescent population; by mid-century, the combined...
Ethnicity and Sociopolitical Change in Africa and Other Developing Countries
A Constructive Discourse in State Building
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
This edited collection of essays answers a basic question posed by contemporary discourse on state building: How might people's identification with a particular ethnic group matter? Essays in this book use an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to understanding regional and local community culture...
Insider Research on Migration and Mobility
International Perspectives on Researcher Positioning
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
With an increasing proportion of migration and mobility field studies being conducted by migrants and members of ethnic minorities in 'home' contexts, the implications of 'insider research' are increasingly subject critical scrutiny. Researchers who may share migration experiences or cultural, ethnic,...
Becoming Melungeon
Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Appalachian legend describes a mysterious, multiethnic population of exotic, dark-skinned rogues called Melungeons who rejected the outside world and lived in the remote, rugged mountains in the farthest corner of northeast Tennessee. The allegedly unknown origins of these Melungeons are part of what...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Race, ethnicity, and immigrants' lives and identity: these are all key topics that Americans need to study in order to fully understand U.S. culture, society, politics, economics, and history. Learning about "place" through our own historical and contemporary neighborhoods is an ideal way...