Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities

List of contents

1. Politics is Local: Ethnoreligious Dynamics under the Microscope Sherrill Stroschein 2. The Power of Administrative Categories: Emerging Notions of Citizenship in the Divided City of Mostar Larissa Vetters 3. Informal (Ethno-) Politics and Local Authority Figures in Osh, Kyrgyzstan Matteo Fumagalli 4. Faultline Citizenship: Ethno-National Politics, Minority Mobilization, and Governance in the Israeli ‘Mixed Cities’ of Haifa and Tel Aviv-Jaffa Joseph Leibovitz 5. The Future of Kirkuk David Romano 6. Living Apart in the Same Room: Analysis of the Management of Linguistic Diversity in Bolzano Andrea Carlá 7. Decentralization, Democratic Participation and Authoritarian Dogma: Local Opposition to Minority Integration in France, Italy and the United States Harlan Koff

Summary

This collection of original essays breaks new ground by examining the dynamics of ethnic politics at the local level, rather than following in the footsteps of many previous studies which focus on the macropolitical level of states and nations.

Product details

• Authors: Sherrill Stroschein
• Assisted by: Sherrill Stroschein (Editor), Stroschein Sherrill (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138975354
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97535-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Association for the Study of Nationalities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Interdisciplinary studies, Urban communities, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government