ISBN:
9781845453114
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (256 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Identity Matters : Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Group identity
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Social conflict
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Ethnic conflict
;
Collective behavior
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and war in Afghanistan, the Fulbright New Century Scholars program brought together social scientists from around the world to study sectarian, ethnic, and cultural conflict within and across national borders. As one result of their year of intense discussion, this book examines the roots of collective violence - and the measures taken to avoid it - in Burma (Myanmar), China, Germany, Pakistan, Senegal, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet, Ukraine, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe. Case studies and theoretical essays introduce the basic principles ne
Description / Table of Contents:
Title Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ethnic Conflict and Civic Nationalism: A Model; Chapter 2: Social Identity Matters: Predicting Prejudice and Violence in Western Europe; Chapter 3: Readiness to Fight in Crimea: How it Interrelates with National and Ethnic Identities; Chapter 4: Ethnic Identities of the Karen Peoples in Burma and Thailand; Chapter 5: European Attitudes toward Immigrants; Chapter 6: Tibetan Identity in Today's China; Chapter 7: Cross-Cutting Identities in Singapore: Crabgrass on the Padang
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8: The Casamance Separatist Conflict: From Identity to the Trap of ""Identitism""Chapter 9: Manufacturing Sectarian Divides: The Chinese State, Identites, and Collective Violence; Chapter 10: Islam and the West: A Perspective from Pakistan; Conclusion; Index
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