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The global dynamics of racial and ethnic mobilization / Susan Olzak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olzak, Susan.
- Series:
- Studies in social inequality.
- Studies in social inequality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Political aspects.
- Ethnicity.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Political violence.
- Culture and globalization.
- Social movements.
- Social integration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. At the local level, poverty and restrictions on political rights then channel group demands into ethnic mobilization. This study will be of great importance to scholars and policy makers seeking new and powerful explanations for understanding why some conflicts turn violent while others do not.
- Contents:
- World integration and centrifugal forces
- Definitions and dynamics of racial/ethnic mobilization
- Escalation and de-escalation : trends in the data
- Globalization and nonviolent ethnic protest, 1965-1989
- Global integration and ethnic violence, 1965-1989
- Group dynamics of ethnic protest and conflict, 1980-1994
- Globalization in a new era : ethnic violence since 1989
- Democracy, ethnic violence, and international war
- Models incorporating endogeneity
- Conclusions and future considerations.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-258) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-6452-2
- 1-4294-5677-9
- OCLC:
- 560211821
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