Ethnic and Racial Consciousness / Edition 2

by Michael Banton

Overview

Ethnic and Racial Consciousness is a completely revised version of the highly acclaimed first edition published in 1988. At that time no one expected the former Yugoslavia would break up with the brutal slaughter of neighbour by neighbour. Few would have predicted the horrific massacres in Rwanda and Burundi which have led to accusations of genocide. The ending of the cold war has been followed by struggles in the former Soviet Union in which one group has struggled for dominance and the other for independence. Ethnic conflict is now one of the main threats to peace in the contemporary world. This new edition offers an up-to-date introduction to the many issues surrounding our definition and understanding of ethnic and racial difference, racism and discrimination in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582299115
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/03/1997
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction:
Modes of discourse, The sources of group consciousness.
2. Naming differences:
Practical language, Name-changing, Legal language, Conflict.
3. Accounting for differences:
Explanations, Natural Selection, Ethnicity, Racism, Looking ahead.
4. Groups and individuals:
Ends and means, Experimental research, Encounters between peoples, Continuous and discontinuous ranking interation.
5. Peoples and states:
Implications of empire, Rwanda and Burundi, Genocide, Constitutional engineering, Conclusion.
6. Increasing group consciousness:
Racial classification, Segregation, Sanctions, Group Competition, Transmitted inequality, The sphere of the state, Conclusion.
7. Decreasing group consciousness:
The second Reconstruction in the USa, The prospects for South Africa, Ethnic consciousness in Western Europe, Negotiating change, Conclusion.
8. International oversight:
Regional organisations, UN Treaty bodies, The Development of policy in the UK, The UK report as a case study, CERD'S reception of the UK's Thirteenth report, Conclusion.
9. Collective action:
Morale, The nation-state, Religion, Diversity, Conclusion.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

Lecturer's comment:

"...Banton has written an insightful introductory text of inestimable value to those of us who must confront the myriad popular prejudices about race which today's students bring to the classroom".

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