Constructivist theories of ethnic politics
Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics is a first cut at rebuilding theories of the relationship between ethnicity, politics and economics on a fortified constructivist foundation. It proposes a new conceptual framework for thinking about ethnic identity. It uses this framework to synthesize constructivist arguments into a set of propositions about how and why ethnic identities change. It translates this framework - and the propositions derived from it -- into a new, combinatorial language. And it employs these conceptual, constructivist, and combinatorial tools to theorize about the relationship between ethnicity, politics and economics using a variety of methods. -- From publisher's website
xvi, 500 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9780199893157, 9780199893171, 0199893152, 0199893179
779097212
Introduction / Kanchan Chandra
What is ethnic identity: a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra
Attributes and categories: a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra
How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra
A language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet
A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet
Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / Maurits Van der Veen and David Laitin
How fluid is fluid? ethnic demography and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree
Ethnicity and pork: a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and Maurits Van Der Veen
Constructivism and ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson
Identity, rationality, and emotion in state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen
Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events: how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian Lustick