In this timely book Milton J. Esman surveys a recurrent and seemingly intractable factor in the politics of nations: ethnicity. As the author notes, virtually no contemporary nation-state is ethnically homogeneous. Most address the political effects of domestic ethnic difference, and many fail in the attempt-with devastatingly violent results.Esman focuses on ethnic mobilization and the management of conflict, on the ways ethnic groups prepare for political combat, and on measures that can moderate or control ethnic disputes, whether peaceful or violent.Opening with a broad synopsis of current understandings of ethnicity and its varying political salience, he illustrates his theories by analyzing experiences in South Africa, Israel-Palestine, Canada-Quebec, and Malaysia. He also outlines the political issues and dilemmas, transnational as well as domestic, caused by the vast labor migrations of Mexicans to the United States, North Africans to France, Turks to Germany, and Koreans to Japan.Can economic growth and prosperity ease ethnic conflicts? Esman addresses this question and draws conclusions based on the empirical chapters. In his view, ethnic pluralism and ethnic politics are not collective psychoses or aberrations, to be deplored and exorcised, but rather pervasive realities that observers can confront and politicians can manage.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-13
9780801482311
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89398374
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Citizenship, Political Science
Author
Milton J. Esman
Publication Name
Ethnic Politics
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, History
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Milton J. Esman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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