Ethnic Politics / Milton J. Esman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esman, Milton J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic relations.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

Discrimination & Race Relations.

Local Subjects:

Discrimination & Race Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this timely book Milton J. Esman surveys a recurrent and seemingly intractable factor in the politics of nations: ethnicity. As the author notes, virtually no contemporary nation-state is ethnically homogeneous. Most address the political effects of domestic ethnic difference, and many fail in the attempt-with devastatingly violent results.Esman focuses on ethnic mobilization and the management of conflict, on the ways ethnic groups prepare for political combat, and on measures that can moderate or control ethnic disputes, whether peaceful or violent.Opening with a broad synopsis of current understandings of ethnicity and its varying political salience, he illustrates his theories by analyzing experiences in South Africa, Israel-Palestine, Canada-Quebec, and Malaysia. He also outlines the political issues and dilemmas, transnational as well as domestic, caused by the vast labor migrations of Mexicans to the United States, North Africans to France, Turks to Germany, and Koreans to Japan.Can economic growth and prosperity ease ethnic conflicts? Esman addresses this question and draws conclusions based on the empirical chapters. In his view, ethnic pluralism and ethnic politics are not collective psychoses or aberrations, to be deplored and exorcised, but rather pervasive realities that observers can confront and politicians can manage.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note to the Reader

1. Ethnic Solidarity as a Political Force: The Scope of the Inquiry

2. A Common Conceptual Framework

3. Malaysia: Native Sons and Immigrants

4. South Africa: Multiple Cleavages

5. Israelis and Palestinians: Whose Land?

6. Canada-Quebec: "Two Nations Warring in the Bosom of a Single State"

7. International Migration and Labor Diasporas

8. The Stakes in Ethnic Conflict

9. Outcomes and Prospects

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501723971

1501723979

OCLC:

1083630859