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Ethnicity and Aboriginality - Case Studies in Ethnonationalism (Paperback, 2nd)
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Ethnicity and Aboriginality - Case Studies in Ethnonationalism (Paperback, 2nd)
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Ethnonationalism is a phenomenon of great importance in many parts
of the world today. In this collection of papers, nine
distinguished anthropologists focus on Canadian and international
case studies to show how ethnonational claims of cultural groups
have been expressed and developed in specific historical and
political situations, from observations of Quebec to the former
Soviet Union, through problems of the Australian aborigines, Malay
identity, the Avaglogoli in Western Kenya, and ethnic cultures in
Nigeria, the essays reflect the complexity of the claims and
aspirations of different groups. Some deal with intractable demand
for sovereignty, others with solutions that attempt to achieve a
level of autonomy and recognition short of sovereignty.The
intellectual history of the right of self-determination is little
more than 200 years old. It is only since that time that the ideal
of popular sovereignty by any group that views itself as a people
became an accepted view. These writers have used a paper by Walker
Connor, 'The Politics of Ethnonationalism' as a foil against which
to develop their own theses. Connor argues that claims to
self-determination based on ethnic identity present problems to all
but a few states, and since these claims are unlikely to be
satisfied, ethnonationalism is disruptive of political order. The
papers in this volume do not accept his negative conclusions,
although they share a sense of secession and division are less
worthy outcomes than pluralist structures. Nevertheless, in Valery
Tishkov's discussion of the former Soviet Union, secession appears
to be the only solution. Since ethnonationalism will continue to be
a political issue for some time, these papers form a significant
base for future political debate.
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