
Politicized Ethnicity
A Comparative Perspective
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2015
Book
Hardback
XIV, 187 pages
978-1-137-35903-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a rigorous comparative historical analysis of Kenya, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States to demonstrate how colonial administrative rule, access to resources, nation building and language policies, as well as political entrepreneurs contribute to the politicization of ethnicity.
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Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIV, 187 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-35903-2 (9781137359032)
DOI
10.1057/9781137349453
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Persons
Anke Weber holds a PhD in political science from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and has worked for the World Bank, the JRC - European Commission, and Eurostat. She conducted extensive field work in Kenya and Tanzania and taught in Rwanda. Her research focuses on political salience of ethnicity, relations between ethnic diversity and education in Africa, and comparative indicators.
Wesley Hiers holds a PhD from UCLA, USA. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, from 2013 to 2015, and is now a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College, USA. His research interests lie at the intersection of political sociology, historical sociology, and race/ethnicity.
Anaïd Flesken holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK. She was a postdoctoral researcher at GIGA Hamburg, Germany, supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, before taking up an ESRC Fellowship at the University of Bristol, UK. Her principal research interest lies in the interplay between political and social processes in ethnically diverse societies.
Wesley Hiers holds a PhD from UCLA, USA. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, from 2013 to 2015, and is now a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College, USA. His research interests lie at the intersection of political sociology, historical sociology, and race/ethnicity.
Anaïd Flesken holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK. She was a postdoctoral researcher at GIGA Hamburg, Germany, supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, before taking up an ESRC Fellowship at the University of Bristol, UK. Her principal research interest lies in the interplay between political and social processes in ethnically diverse societies.
Content
Acknowledgements
1. Politicization of Ethnicity
2. The African Cases: Kenya and Tanzania
3. The Latin American Cases: Bolivia and Peru
4. The United States
5. Comparative Analysis
1. Politicization of Ethnicity
2. The African Cases: Kenya and Tanzania
3. The Latin American Cases: Bolivia and Peru
4. The United States
5. Comparative Analysis