The Primordial Challenge - Ethnicity in the Contemporary World (Hardcover)

Ethnicity plays a vital role in contemporary world politics. This collection of essays documents the international dimensions of ethnic identity by examining the interaction between ethnicity and the actions of modern nation-states in a variety of global, regional, and urban settings throughout the world. The editor, John F. Stack, Jr., provocatively argues that the dynamics of ethnicity in the contemporary world are best examined from the perspective of primordial attachments--those "givens" of social existence based on family ties, race, custom, language, religion, and region. This perspective is disputed by a number of the contributors who see ethnicity as the result of instrumental forces--state building, socioeconomic class, modernization, political development, and the transformation of the global political economy.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1986
First published:	October 1986
Authors:	John F. Stack
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-24759-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	0-313-24759-5
Barcode:	9780313247590

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