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Modern States Have Evolved As Complex Political Structures In Which Unitary Forms Of Government Maintain An Uncertain Equilibrium With Ethnically Plural Societies. Historically, Ruling Elites Have Tried With Little Success To Eradicate Ethnicity Through Genocide, Bury It Under Accusations Of Tribalism, Discredit It With The Mind-frame Of Modernization, Or Confine It To Local Rather Than National Political Arenas. This Broad-ranging Volume Examines The Dynamics Of Ethnic Manipulation And Accommodation By Dominant And Subordinate Groups In The State-building Process.--book Jacket. Ethnicity And The State Reflects The Widely Varying Political Contexts And Cultures In Which Reasons Of State Contend With Unyielding Ethnic Allegiances. European, South American, Asian, And Middle Eastern Examples Reveal A Consistent Set Of Themes And Attitudes.^ The Authors Find That While The State Must Realize Its Authority And Stability Through A Strictly Defined Charter Of Rights And Values, Ethnic Identity Exercises Its Power More Freely And Flexibly. The Sense Of Peoplehood May Be Artificially Constructed In Response To Immediate Need, Or It May Be Ancient And Organic, Growing Over Time. It Has The

Author

Judith D. Toland

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351294591

Subjects

Sociology, Anthropology, Social_sciences