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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253320103321

Autore

Weber Anke

Titolo

Politicized Ethnicity : A Comparative Perspective / / by Anke Weber, Wesley Hiers, Anaïd Flesken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137349453

113734945X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 187 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in Comparative Politics, , 2945-6525

Classificazione

POL004000POL029000POL035010POL003000POL016000POL030000SOC008000

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Race

Comparative government

Political sociology

World politics

America - Politics and government

Political science

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Comparative Politics

Political Sociology

Political History

American Politics

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Politicization of Ethnicity -- 2. The African Cases : Kenya and Tanzania -- 3. The Latin American Cases: Bolivia and Peru -- 4. The United States -- 5. Comparative Analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a rigorous comparative historical analysis of Kenya, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States to demonstrate how colonial administrative rule, access to resources, nation building and language policies, as well as political entrepreneurs contribute to the



politicization of ethnicity.