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In this extensively revised edition, Steve Fenton updates his concise and accessible introduction to ethnicity, drawing on new published work and recent social and historical changes. Discussing an extended range of theorists and illustrations from around the world, Fenton explores and clarifies the core meanings and the shifting ground of this contested concept. More space is given to ideas of 'threat' and 'competition' in conceptualizing ethnicity, as well as to recent issues in migration, especially increased migration to the US from Central and South America. Fenton situates ethnic identities and interest in the changing modern world, and seeks to explain the contemporary conditions of delineation along ethnic and racial lines. Without assuming the centrality of ethnic difference, this book asks: Does it matter? When does it matter? Is it as important as many have assumed?
The second edition of Fenton's highly regarded
Ethnicity will continue to be an invaluable text for students of sociology, politics and international relations coming to the subject for the first time. Its innovative and challenging approach will also appeal to more advanced scholars of race and ethnicity.
List of contents
Preface to the Second Edition. Introduction.
Chapter 1. Ethnos: descent and culture communities.
Chapter 2. Multiple Discourses of Ethnicity: differences by country and region.
Chapter 3. The Demise of Race: the emergence of 'ethnic'.
Chapter 4. The Primordialism Debate.
Chapter 5. How Real are Groups? Political ethnicity, symbolic ethnicity, competition theory.
Chapter 6. Migration and Ethnicity.
Chapter 7. Social Conditions of Ethnicity: global economy and precarious states.
Chapter 8. Ethnic Majorities and Nationalism in Europe: globalization and right wing movements.
Chapter 9. Ethnicity and the Modern World: general conclusions.
Bibliography.
About the author
Steve Fenton is Professor of Sociology at University of Bristol.
Summary
* A concise and accessible introduction to the concept and history of ethnicity. * Draws on a wide range of theorists and illustrations from around the world to explore and clarify the core meanings and shifting ground of this concept.
