Civil Rights - General, Human Rights, Nationalism & Sovereignty - General & Miscellaneous, Ethnic & Minority Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Constitutions, Nationalism & Sovereignty - Independence & Self Determination

Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights

Name: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights
Author: Stephen May
ISBN: 9780521842297

by Stephen May (Editor), Tariq Modood (Editor), Judith Squires

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Overview

Focusing on minority rights and recognition, this interdisciplinary collection addresses the position of minorities in democratic societies. Featured topics include the constructed nature of ethnicity, class and the "new racism," different forms of nationalism, self-determination and indigenous politics, the politics of recognition versus the politics of redistribution, and the re-emergence of cosmopolitanism.

Synopsis

Addresses the position of minorities in democratic societies, with a particular focus on minority rights.

About the Author, Stephen May

Stephen May is Professor of Education at the Unviersity of Waikato, New Zealand and a Senior Research Fellowin the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol.

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol.

Judith Squires is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Bristol