Rethinking ethnicity [[electronic resource] ] : majority groups and dominant minorities / / edited by Eric P. Kaufmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784684703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-37628-6; 9786610225163; 1-280-22516-5; 0-203-56339-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Classificazione: 71.62
• Altri autori (Persone): KaufmannEric P
• Disciplina: 305.8
• Soggetti: Cultural pluralism; Ethnicity; Majorities; Minorities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : dominant ethnicity : from background to foreground / Eric P. Kaufmann -- Ethnic cores and dominant ethnies / Anthony D. Smith -- ; The identity and changing status of former elite minorities : the contrasting cases of North Indian Muslims and American WASPs / Theodore P. Wright, Jr. -- Dominant ethnicity and dominant nationhood / Andreas Wimmer -- ; The decline of the WASP in the United States and Canada -- Eric P. Kaufmann -- 'Pures laines' Quebecois : the concealed ethnicity of dominant majorities / Danielle Juteau -- ; The concept of 'dominant ethnicity' in the case of France / Dominique Schnapper -- ; The strange death of Protestant Britain / Steve Bruce -- Russians as a dominant ethnie / Geoffrey Hosking -- Citizenship, immigration and ethnic hegemony in Japan / Keiko Yamanaka -- Towards a theory of ethnocratic regimes : learning from the Judaization of Israel/Palestine / Oren Yiftachel, As'ad Ghanem -- "Majority ethnic' claims and authoritarian nationalism : the case of Hindutva / Chetan Bhatt -- ; The dynamics of ethnic minority domination in Fiji / Ralph R. Premdas.
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalization and migration are pressuring nations around the world to change their ethnic self-definition and to treasure diversity not homogeneity. This book explores the growing gap between modern nations and their dominant ethnic groups.