Ethnic boundary making institutions, power, networks /
Wimmer, Andreas.
Ethnic boundary making institutions, power, networks / [electronic resource] : Andreas Wimmer. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 293 p.) : ill. - Oxford studies in culture and politics . - Oxford studies in culture and politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing a new comparative theory of ethnicity, Andreas Wimmer shows why ethnicity matters in certain societies and contexts but not in others, and why it is sometimes associated with inequality and exclusion, with political and public debate with closely-held identities, while in other cases ethnicity does not structure the allocation of resources, invites little political passion, and represent secondary aspects of individual identity.
9780199980536
Ethnicity--Political aspects.
Boundaries--Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Ethnic barriers.
Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic boundary making institutions, power, networks / [electronic resource] : Andreas Wimmer. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 293 p.) : ill. - Oxford studies in culture and politics . - Oxford studies in culture and politics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing a new comparative theory of ethnicity, Andreas Wimmer shows why ethnicity matters in certain societies and contexts but not in others, and why it is sometimes associated with inequality and exclusion, with political and public debate with closely-held identities, while in other cases ethnicity does not structure the allocation of resources, invites little political passion, and represent secondary aspects of individual identity.
9780199980536
Ethnicity--Political aspects.
Boundaries--Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Ethnic barriers.
Ethnic relations.
305.8