Official statistics about ethnicity in advanced societies are no
better than those in less developed countries. An open industrial
society is inherently fluid, and it is as hard to interpret social
class and ethnic groups there as in a nearly static community. In
consequence, the collection and interpretation of ethnic statistics
is frequently a battleground where the groups being counted contest
each element of every enumeration. William Petersen describes how
ethnic identity is determined and how ethnic or racial units are
counted by official statistical agencies in the United States and
elsewhere. The chapters in this book cover such topics as:
"Identification of Americans of European Descent," "Differentiation
among Blacks," "Ethnic Relations in the Netherlands," "Two Case
Studies: Japan and Switzerland," and "Who is a Jew?"
Petersen argues that the general public is overly impressed by
assertions about ethnicity, particularly if they are supported by
numbers and graphs. The flood of American writings about race and
ethnicity gives no sign of abatement. "Ethnicity Counts" offers an
indispensible background to meaningful interpretation of statistics
on ethnicity, and will be important to sociologists, historians,
policymakers, and government officials.
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