1999, ISBN: 8170362393

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Sage Publications CONDITION: NEW -- BINDING: Paperback ~ Condition: NEW ~ This volume presents an original perspective on the major themes and arguments concerning ethnicity and nationalism.Ethnicity and nationalism, interethnic conflicts, and secessionist movements have been major forces shaping the modern world and the structure and stability of contemporary states. In the closing decades of the twentieth century, such forces and movements have emerged with new intensity. Drawing his examples in this major study from a wide variety of multiethnic situations around the world, with special emphasis on South Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union, Paul Brass presents a distinctive theory concerning the origins of ethnic identity and modern nationalism.The author bases his theory on two focal arguments: one, that ethnicity and nationalism are not givens but are social and political constructions; and, two, that ethnicity and nationalism are modern phenomena inseparably connected with the activities of the modern centralizing state. The theory of elite competition is presented to show how both ethnicity and nationalism arise out of specific types of interactions between the leadership of centralizing states and elites from non-dominant ethnic groups, especially in the peripheries of those states. Paul Brass tests his theory and discusses the various patterns of ethnic mobilization and nation-formation through case studies.The book is divided into three parts. In Part I, the author discusses the formation, persistence and transformation of ethnic identities. This section starts with two theoretical essays and concludes with a case study of Muslim identity in preindependence India. Part II focuses on the strains in relations between the central and state governments in contemporary Indian politics, especially since the death of Nehru. It contains an overview of center-state relations and two chapters on the Punjab crisis and its implications for the future of Indian unity. In the concluding section, the author brings together the arguments on the relationship between ethnic groups and the state in a theoretical chapter, a comparative chapter on India and the Soviet Union, and a critique of the influential consociational solution proposed for ethnic conflicts in deeply divided societies.Presenting as it does an original perspective on the major themes and arguments concerning ethnicity and nationalism, this book is essential reading for scholars and teachers engaged in the fields of ethnicity and nationalism, politics, sociology and anthropology.358 pages ~ Isbn: 8170362393 ~ language: English ~ Year: 1999 ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Contents List of Figures and TablesPrefacePART I: ETHNIC GROUPS AND NATIONALITIES: THE FORMATION, PERSISTENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITIES OVER TIMEIntroductionEthnic groups and ethnic identity formationNationality-formation: from communities to nationalitiesElite groups, symbol manipulation, and ethnic identity among the Muslims of South AsiaPART II: REGIONALISM, PLURALISM, AND NATIONAL UNITY IN INDIAIntroductionPluralism, regionalism, and decentralizing tendencies in contemporary Indian politicsThe Punjab crisis and the unity of IndiaSocioeconomic aspects of the Punjab crisisPART III: ETHNIC GROUPS AND THE STATEIntroductionEthnic groups and the stateLanguage and national identity in the Soviet Union and IndiaEthnic conflict in multiethnic societies: the consociational solution and its criticsAcknowledgmentsIndex ISBN: 8170362393~ language: English ~ Year: 1999 ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Contents List of Figures and TablesPrefacePART I: ETHNIC GROUPS AND NATIONALITIES: THE FORMATION, PERSISTENCE, AND TRANSFORMATION OF ETHNIC IDENTITIES OVER TIMEIntroductionEthnic groups and ethnic identity formationNationality-formation: from communities to nationalitiesElite groups, symbol manipulation, and ethnic identity among the Muslims of South AsiaPART II: REGIONALISM, PLURALISM, AND NATIONAL UNITY IN INDIAIntroductionPluralism, regionalism, and decentralizing tendencies in contemporary Indian politicsThe Punjab crisis and the unity of IndiaSocioeconomic aspects of the Punjab crisisPART III: ETHNIC GROUPS AND THE STATEIntroductionEthnic groups and the stateLanguage and national identity in the Soviet Union and IndiaEthnic conflict in multiethnic societies: the consociational solution and its criticsAcknowledgmentsIndex, Sage Publications<

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