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The Global Dynamics of Racial and Ethnic Mobilization

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Description for The Global Dynamics of Racial and Ethnic Mobilization Paperback. A new approach to ethnic mobilization that considers the interplay between global forces, national-level variation in inequality and repression, and the political mobilization of ethnicity. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.

This book tests a new approach to understanding ethnic mobilization and considers the interplay of global forces, national-level variation in inequality and repression, and political mobilization of ethnicity. It advances the claim that economic and political integration among the world's states increases the influence of ethnic identity in political movements.

Drawing on a 100-country dataset analyzing ethnic events and rebellions from 1965 to 1998, Olzak shows that to the degree in which a country participates in international social movement organizations, ethnic identities in that country become more salient. International organizations spread principles of human rights, anti-discrimination, sovereignty, and self-determination. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social Inequality
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804778626
SKU
V9780804778626
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About Susan Olzak
Susan Olzak is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. She is the author of The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict (Stanford University Press, 1992) and Competitive Ethnic Relations (1986).

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"The Global Dynamics of Racial and Ethnic Mobilization provides a much needed impetus for conceptual debate and clarification and offers a new theoretical perspective on a critically important subject that will be generative of new lines of research. As importantly, it sets a high standard for systematic empirical work in a field that tends to elevate the particular dramas of ... Read more

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