People, Nation and State : The Meaning of Ethnicity and Nationalism.
Title:
People, Nation and State : The Meaning of Ethnicity and Nationalism.
Author:
Fine, Robert.
ISBN:
9780857720436
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edward Mortimer -- Part I - Ethnicity -- 1. The Making of Ethnicity: A Modest Defence of Primordialism -- Robin Cohen -- 2. The Nature of Ethnicity: Lessons from Africa -- Terence Ranger -- Part II - Nation -- 3. Adam's Navel: 'Primordialists' versus 'Modernists' -- Ernest Gellner -- 4. The Nation: Real or Imagined? -- Anthony D. Smith -- Part III - National Identity -- 5. Gender, Nations and Nationalisms -- Catherine Hall -- 6. The Elusive Cultural Community -- Olivier Roy -- 7. Defining National Identity in a Multicultural Society -- Bhikhu Parekh -- Part IV - National Self-Determination -- 8. Beyond the Flawed Principle of National Self-Determination -- Adam Roberts -- 9. The Rights of Self-Determination -- Danilo Turk -- 10. Between Union and Separation: The Path of Conciliation -- Gidon Gottlieb -- 11. Does a Nation Need a State? -- Part V - Civic Nationalism -- 12. Benign Nationalism? The Possibilities of the Civic Ideal -- Michael Ignatieff -- 13. Benign Nationalism? The Limits of the Civic Ideal -- Robert Fine -- Index.
Abstract:
This text attempts to illuminate the issues of ethnic and national identity which have emerged as central to world politics. The contributors examine such topics as the making and definitions of ethnicity; the relationship between nationhood and nationalism; and sexual politics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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