Dominant ethnicity and dominant nationhood. empirical and normative aspects
Kaufmann, Eric P. (2009) Dominant ethnicity and dominant nationhood. empirical and normative aspects. In: Lecours, A.R. and Nootens, G. (eds.) Dominant Nationalism, Dominant Ethnicity: Identity, Federalism and Democracy. Régionalisme & Fédéralisme / Regionalism & Federalism 15. New York, U.S.: Peter Lang, pp. 35-56. ISBN 9789052014876.
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Abstract
Book synopsis: Although nationalism and ethnicity have long been associated with minority populations, an emerging literature looks at how the state and/or a majority group interact with minorities, and how, behind the expression of the nation promoted by the state, there is often an ethnic core. This book contributes to this emerging literature on dominant nationalism and dominant ethnicity by presenting multidisciplinary contributions that center on how states deploy their own nationalism, and how the state's nation-building and nation-consolidating processes are very often spearheaded by a specific ethnocultural group. It focuses on the interrelated issues of identity, federalism and democracy. Dominant nationalism and ethnicity involve the projection, the promotion, and sometimes the imposition by the state and/or a dominant group of an identity, which can be challenged, negotiated and/or resisted by minority groups. This brings questions for democratic practices, since it raises the issue of self-rule. Since dominant nationalism and ethnicity are shaped by ideas and institutions relating to the territorial division of power, federalism is crucial for understanding these phenomena. The book is amongst the first to look at dominant nationalism and ethnicity from historical, theoretical, empirical and normative perspectives.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Additional Information: | Full-text locked pending publisher permission |
School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
Depositing User: | Administrator |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2011 11:56 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:50 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1480 |
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