Ethnicity and Race

"This book is very well written and clearly organized throughout. It is pitched at upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level race and ethnicity students...in sum, this is an important book, highly recommended to students and faculty alike. The authors draw extensively from classic and contemporary sociological theory throughout the text and maintain a transnational focus in each and every chapter." -TEACHING SOCIOLOGY

Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition uses examples and extended case studies from all over the world to craft a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnicity and race in the contemporary world. Known for its conceptual clarity, world-historical scope, and fair-minded treatment of these oft controversial topics, this updated and expanded edition retains all of the core elements and constructionist insights of the original.

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Cornell is professor of sociology and of public administration and policy at The University of Arizona, where he also directs the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago. He taught at Harvard University for nine years and at the University of California, San Diego for nine more before joining the Arizona faculty in 1998. He has written widely on ethnicity and race and on issues involving indigenous peoples in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Klappentext "This book is very well written and clearly organized throughout. It is pitched at upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level race and ethnicity students...in sum, this is an important book, highly recommended to students and faculty alike. The authors draw extensively from classic and contemporary sociological theory throughout the text and maintain a transnational focus in each and every chapter." -TEACHING SOCIOLOGYEthnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition uses examples and extended case studies from all over the world to craft a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnicity and race in the contemporary world. Known for its conceptual clarity, world-historical scope, and fair-minded treatment of these oft controversial topics, this updated and expanded edition retains all of the core elements and constructionist insights of the original. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Authors Foreword Preface to the 2nd Edition Preface 1. The Puzzles Of Ethnicity And Race An Unexpected Persistence and Power A Puzzling Diversity of Forms Ethnicity and Race as Sociological Topics An Outline of What Follows 2. Mapping the Terrain: Definitions The Definition of Ethnicity The Definition of Race Ethnicity and Race Nationalism and Belonging Conclusion 3. Fixed or Fluid? Alternative Views of Ethnicity and Race The Assimilationist Assumption Primordialism Circumstantialism Primordialism and Circumstantialism Compared Conclusion 4. A Constructionist Approach The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities The Nature of Ethnic and Racial Bonds The Reconstruction of Circumstances The Logic of Ethnic and Racial Construction Reframing Intergroup Relations Conclusion 5. Case Studies in Identity Construction Case 1. The Power of Circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States Case 2. Between Assertion and Assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi Case 3. From Thick Ethnicity to Thin: German Americans Case 4. Constructed Primordiality and Ethnic Power: Afrikaners in South Africa Case 5. From Thin Ethnicity to Thick: Basketball and War in the Former Yugoslavia Case 6. Race, Culture, and Belonging: Who Is France? A Comparison of Cases Conclusion Chapter 6. Construction Sites: Contextual Factors in the Making of Identities Critical Sites Politics Labor Markets Residential Space Social Institutions Culture Daily Experience Summarizing Contextual Factors Conclusion Chapter 7. What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities Preexisting Identities Population Size Internal Differentiation Social Capital Human Capital Symbolic Repertoires Groups, Contexts, and Agendas Conclusion Chapter 8. Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World The Impact of Modernity Mixing and Multiplicity Separation and Consolidation Making Sense, Making Selves, Making Others Conclusion References ...

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About the Authors
Foreword
Preface to the 2nd Edition
Preface

1. The Puzzles Of Ethnicity And Race
   An Unexpected Persistence and Power
   A Puzzling Diversity of Forms
   Ethnicity and Race as Sociological Topics
   An Outline of What Follows
2. Mapping the Terrain: Definitions
   The Definition of Ethnicity
   The Definition of Race
   Ethnicity and Race
   Nationalism and Belonging
   Conclusion
3. Fixed or Fluid? Alternative Views of Ethnicity and Race
   The Assimilationist Assumption
   Primordialism
   Circumstantialism
   Primordialism and Circumstantialism Compared
   Conclusion
4. A Constructionist Approach
   The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities
   The Nature of Ethnic and Racial Bonds
   The Reconstruction of Circumstances
   The Logic of Ethnic and Racial Construction
   Reframing Intergroup Relations
   Conclusion
5. Case Studies in Identity Construction
   Case 1. The Power of Circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States
   Case 2. Between Assertion and Assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi
   Case 3. From Thick Ethnicity to Thin: German Americans
   Case 4. Constructed Primordiality and Ethnic Power: Afrikaners in South Africa
   Case 5. From Thin Ethnicity to Thick: Basketball and War in the Former Yugoslavia
   Case 6. Race, Culture, and Belonging: Who Is France?
   A Comparison of Cases
   Conclusion
   Chapter 6. Construction Sites: Contextual Factors in the Making of Identities
   Critical Sites
   Politics
   Labor Markets
   Residential Space
   Social Institutions
   Culture
   Daily Experience
   Summarizing Contextual Factors
   Conclusion
   Chapter 7. What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities
   Preexisting Identities
   Population Size
   Internal Differentiation
   Social Capital
   Human Capital
   Symbolic Repertoires
   Groups, Contexts, and Agendas
   Conclusion
   Chapter 8. Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World
   The Impact of Modernity
   Mixing and Multiplicity
   Separation and Consolidation
   Making Sense, Making Selves, Making Others
   Conclusion
   References