Politics And Ethnicity: A Comparative Study

摘要

of the ethnic factor on public policies and vice versa. In a judiciously balanced combination of in-depth case studies, theory and comparative analysis, Rudolph focuses on three regions: Western Europe, East-Central Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. He begins by defining 'ethnonationalism' (in Walker Connor's sense) and lays out the three basic models (or theories) for studying ethnic politics: primordialism, constructivism and in-strumentalism. The book is organised in three parts, each subdivided into a 'core' country chapter, chapters focusing on specialised topics such as ethnoclasses and multiculturalism, and intra-regional comparisons. The various chapters contain statistical data (e.g. the distribution of minorities in various countries) as well as chronological (or 'events') tables that facilitate orientation.