
Grounds for Difference
Rogers Brubaker(Author)
Harvard University Press
Published on 13. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-674-97545-3 (ISBN)
Description
Offering fresh perspectives on perennial questions of ethnicity, race, nationalism, and religion, Rogers Brubaker makes manifest the forces that shape the politics of diversity and multiculturalism today. In a lucid and wide-ranging analysis, he contends that three recent developments have altered the stakes and the contours of the politics of difference: the return of inequality as a central public concern, the return of biology as an asserted basis of racial and ethnic difference, and the return of religion as a key terrain of public contestation.
"Grounds for Difference is a subtle, original, and comprehensive book. All the hallmarks of Brubaker's earlier work, such as the conceptual clarity, the theoretical rigor-grounded in a well-researched and well-informed analysis-the crisp writing style, and the impeccable sociological reasoning are displayed here. There is a wealth of original ideas developed in this book that requires much careful reading and unpacking."
-Sinisa Malesevic, H-Net Reviews
"This is an imposing collection that will be another milestone in the literature of ethnicity and nationalism."
-Christian Joppke, University of Bern
"Grounds for Difference is a subtle, original, and comprehensive book. All the hallmarks of Brubaker's earlier work, such as the conceptual clarity, the theoretical rigor-grounded in a well-researched and well-informed analysis-the crisp writing style, and the impeccable sociological reasoning are displayed here. There is a wealth of original ideas developed in this book that requires much careful reading and unpacking."
-Sinisa Malesevic, H-Net Reviews
"This is an imposing collection that will be another milestone in the literature of ethnicity and nationalism."
-Christian Joppke, University of Bern
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-674-97545-3 (9780674975453)
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Person
Rogers Brubaker is Professor of Sociology and UCLA Foundation Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.