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by Anthony D. Smith. 288 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Anthony D. Smith

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1999
Subjects:   Nationalism, Ethnicity--Political Aspects
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1.
Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism
Book by Daniele Conversi; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Connor, Walker--1926-, Ethnic Groups--Political Activity, Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Ethnicity--Political Aspects, National Characteristics--Political Aspects, Nationalism, World Politics
...is currently working on a larger volume on theories of nationalism. Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global...Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Nationalism. 2. Ethnic relations - Political aspects. 3. Ethnicity...
2.
The Arab Minority in Israel, 1967-1991: Political Aspects
Book by Jacob M. Landau; Clarendon Press, 1993
Subjects: Israel--Ethnic Relations, Jewish-Arab Relations--1967-1973, Jewish-Arab Relations--1973-, Palestinian Arabs--Israel--Politics And Government
...Minority in Israel, 1967-1991 Political Aspects JACOB M. LANDAU CLARENDON...book. Although this work focuses on political aspects, a fairly broad background will...radicalization of these circles where political extremism is forcibly expressed...study will try to examine various aspects of the process of alienation among...
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The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives
Book by Alaka Malwade Basu; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Abortion--Cross-Cultural Studies
...relevant to analyses of many other aspects or issues concerning abortion, be they legal, political, psychological, anthropological, or...15-19 41.0 41.7 41.5 Panel B. Age by ethnicity, 1991 Ethnicity Total Non-Hispanic...from more in-depth research on all aspects of abortion. But such estimates can...Sterilization: Medical and Social Aspects, ed. J. E. Hodgson, 1-40. New York...
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Subnationalism in Africa: Ethnicity, Alliances, and Politics
Book by Joshua B. Forrest; Lynne Rienner, 2004
Subjects: Africa--Ethnic Relations, Africa--Politics And Government--1960-, Ethnicity--Political Aspects--Africa, Regionalism--Africa
...of Consciousness and Ideology: Nationalism and Ethnicity, in Political...to the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, ed. Preban Kaarsholm and Jan...Approaches to the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, ed. Preban Kaarsholm and Jan...
5.
Pluralism and the Politics of Difference: State, Culture, and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective
Book by R. D. Grillo; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Comparative Government, Ethnicity--Political Aspects, Multiculturalism, Pluralism (Social Sciences)
...occasioned by upsurges of regional nationalism in the apparently unified nation-states...centralized political organization, and nationalism, the tendency toward the coalescence...economy approach to ethnicity and nationalism, even if at times Gellner himself...
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1.
Understanding Ethnicity and Nationalism
Journal article by Jayadeva Uyangoda; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 47, 1995
Subjects: Ethnic relations--Political aspects, Ethnicity--Political aspects, Nationalism--Political aspects
Understanding ethnicity and nationalism by Jayadeva Uyangoda Ethnicity in its simplest and purest, or rather its most innocent form is a mere group identity which all of us as human beings share. As human beings we would like to live...
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Exploiting Ethnicity: Political Elites and Domestic Conflict
Journal article by David Carment; Harvard International Review, Vol. 28, 2007
Subjects: Democratization--Political aspects, Democratization--Social aspects, Ethnic violence--Causes of, Ethnic violence--Political aspects
Exploiting Ethnicity: Political Elites and Domestic Conflict...own personal benefit. In times of political and social upheaval, when insecurity...who dominated Yugoslavias weak political institutions, and the Croats and...
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"Honourable Resolutions": Gendered Violence, Ethnicity, and the Nation
Journal article by Kavita Daiya; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 27, 2002
Subjects: Ethnicity--Political aspects, India, Indian foreign relations--Pakistan, Pakistan--Social aspects, Pakistani foreign relations--India, Political violence--Social aspects, Sex discrimination against women--Political aspects
...communalism as a modern problem of ethnicity that inevitably becomes a part of Indian political life, when religion is reified as...through its relation to gender, ethnicity, and violence. (20) In interrogating...useful. Contrary to sociological and political understandings of nationalism, Bhabha...shows that the issues of identity, ethnicity, and sexuality that were at play...affect as they were part of a wider political and historical discussion of rights...
4.
Politicians of the Sacred Grove: Citizenship and Ethnicity in Southern Senegal
Journal article by Ferdinand De Jong; Africa, Vol. 72, 2002
Subjects: Ethnicity--Political aspects, Politicians--Social aspects, Rites and ceremonies--Political aspects, Ritual--Political aspects, Secret societies--Political aspects, Secret societies--Social aspects, Senegalese--Political activity, Senegalese--Social aspects
...referring to the formal recognition of ethnicity as a political principle in the organisation of...is real enough to direct peoples political behaviour. Of course, we should be careful not to reify ethnicity and to fully acknowledge its historicity...opposed ways. In many ways Jola ethnicity has shaped the political struggle for secession, as is witnessed...
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Anti-Semitism and Ethnicity in Europe
Journal article by John Rosenthal; Policy Review, 2003
Subjects: Antisemitism--International aspects, Antisemitism--Political aspects, Ethnicity--Political aspects, Europe--Political aspects, Europe--Social aspects, Jews, European--Political aspects
...by the prevailing belief in American political circles that as the dominant European...other parliamentarians, as if he were politically leprous--and, finally, when faced with...into the vernacular of what counts as political debate on college campuses across America...
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1.
"Borders and Ethnicity-Solutions in the Balkans."
Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Winter 2000
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--Politics and government, Ethnicity--Political aspects, Politics and culture--Analysis
...borders in the Balkans along ethnic lines fall squarely in the "grand" European tradition. Stokess essay, "Containing Nationalism: Solutions in the Balkans," in Problems of Post-Communism (July-Aug. 1999), prompted the panel discussion. Building...
2.
Who's a Liberal?
Magazine article by William A. Galston; Public Interest, Summer 2001
Subjects: Barry, Brian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ethnicity--Political aspects, Liberalism--Analysis, Multiculturalism--Political aspects, Nationalism--Political aspects, Political scientists--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...theories of group rights, cultural nationalism, and special privileges and exemptions...BARRY is admirably frank about the political frame of his philosophical and...enough. But as a piece of serious political analysis, it is a fantasy. How...
3.
Sudan Unity in Diversity
Magazine article by Jacob Akol; New African, April 2003
Subjects: Ethnicity--Political aspects, Peace--Political aspects, Peace--Social aspects, Political reform--Evaluation, Sudan--Political aspects, Sudanese--Political aspects, Sudanese--Social aspects
...of a possible majority tyranny or dictatorship based on ethnicity is unfounded unless there is no democracy We have more that...A broader involvement of the civil societies and the political authorities in Southern Sudan should be considered as indispensable...less ambitious to the more ambitious proposals, which place ethnicity in the heart of constitutional legislature and governance...
4.
Do We Need the Census Race Question?
Magazine article by Nathan Glazer; Public Interest, Fall 2002
Subjects: Americans--Surveys, Census--Analysis, Ethnicity--Political aspects, Multiculturalism--Political aspects, Race relations--Political aspects, Race relations--Social aspects
...And yet questions about race and ethnicity have many similarities to public-opinion...the proposal was an ideological or political position--just as underlying the...birthplace revealed little about ethnicity. In addition, the boundaries of...Though aware that the proposal was politically naive, I had underestimated how...eliminating records of race and ethnicity in the statistics of California...recently by going against fixed political arrangements in popular votes, as...
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OMB 'Ethnocrats' Leave No Racial Beans Uncounted
Magazine article by Deroy Murdock; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, October 6, 1997
Subjects: Demographic surveys--Political aspects, Ethnicity--Political aspects, United States. Bureau of the Census--Political activity, United States. Office of Management and Budget--Reports
...Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity." While that title rolls off the tongue like an anvil, this OMB document provides 72 pages of jaw-dropping reading...this two ethnic labels: "Hispanic Origin and "Not of Hispanic Origin." The OMB report admits that these groupings are "a political-social construct ... and are not anthropologically or scientifically based." Thanks to OMBs recommendations, Americans...
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Sotomayor Faces Final Scrutiny as First Hispanic in US Supreme Court
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2009
Subjects: Hispanic Americans--Political aspects, Sotomayor, Sonia--Political activity, Supreme Court justices--Political aspects, Supreme court justices--Political aspects, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Supreme Court
...voters, the fastest-growing segment of the electorate. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, highlighted the potential political pitfalls for Republicans when he noted on ldquo;Fox News Sunday rsquo; rsquo; that a third of his constituents are Hispanic and that they want Sotomayor judged fairly.The most fertile ground for Republican questioning appears to be on race and ethnicity, focused on Sotomayor rsquo;s ldquo;wise Latina rsquo; rsquo; comment and the white firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut...
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MPs Condemn Hodge over Housing for Britons First
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 22, 2007
Subjects: Legislators--Political activity, Legislators--Political aspects
...Industry minister was accused by fellow MPs Keith Vaz and Diane Abbott of "scapegoating homeless families on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin". The Labour MPs tabled a Commons motion condemning Mrs Hodge for suggesting that the length of time a...
3.
ANALYSIS: Class Issue Still at the Forefront of UK Politics
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 8, 2007
Subjects: Cameron, David--Political activity, Political parties--Political aspects
...of King Edward VI Handsworth, for example, says her school has a more representative mix of pupils in terms of income and ethnicity than the average comprehensive in the city. Incidentally, left-wing Labour MP Diane Abbot claims that some on the Labour left...
4.
Honesty and Competence; Boris Johnson: Combines Political Courage with a Better and Broader Mind Than Most Contemporary Politicians
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 30, 2008
Subjects: Mayors--Political activity, Mayors--Political aspects
...most charismatic individualsin British political life, Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson...various client groupsdefined in terms of ethnicity, religion, genderoff against each other...divide the cityby race or religion for political ends. He is not divisive in the way...his rule is likely to be less overtly political. Moreover, although he eschews grand...
5.
DAVE I'm a Champ .. TORIES You're a Chump; Cameron in a Muddle over Nationalism
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 11, 2007
Subjects: Nationalism, Political parties--United Kingdom
...England who want the SNP succeed, who want the Union to fail. They seek to use grievances to foster a narrow English nationalism. I have a message for them - I will never let you succeed." But the tough talking was blown out of the water less than...
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Nationalism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NATIONALISM political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is...
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Risorgimento
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Italian history, period of cultural nationalism and of political activism, leading...Genovesi . Italy had not been a single political unit since the fall of the Western...remained indifferent to its ideals. Political activity was carried on by three...
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Garvey, Marcus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GARVEY, MARCUS 1887 1940, American proponent of black nationalism, b. Jamaica. At the age of 14, Garvey went to work as a printers...classes and became interested in African history and black nationalism. His concern for the problems of blacks led him to found...
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Jingoism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JINGOISM jing goiz m, advocacy of a policy of aggressive nationalism. The term was first used in connection with certain British politicians who sought to bring England into the Russo-Turkish War...
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Dargomijsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...DARGOMIJSKY, ALEKSANDR SERGEYEVICH lyiksan d r syirga vich dargome ski, 1813 69, Russian composer. He and Glinka brought nationalism to Russian music, strongly influencing the next generation of composers. Among his works are three operas: Esmeralda...
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