Belonging to the Nation - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367739186 ISBN 13 : 9780367739188

Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This study reviews developments in the ethnic and national identity of the descendants of migrants, taking ethnic Chinese as a case study. Our core question is why, in spite of debates worldwide about identity, exclusion and rights, do minority communities continue to suffer discrimination and attacks? This question is asked in view of the growing incidence in recent years of 'racial' conflicts between majority and minority communities and among minorities, in both developed and developing countries. The study examines national identity from the perspective of migrants' descendants, whose national identity may be more rooted than is often thought. Concepts such as 'new ethnicities', 'cultural fluidity', and 'new' and 'multiple' identities feature in this examination. These concepts highlight identity changes across generations and the need to challenge and reinterpret the meaning of 'nation' and to review problems with policy initiatives designed to promote nation-building in multi-ethnic societies.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edmund Terence Gomez is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has also held appointments at the University of Leeds, UK, University of Michigan, US, Murdoch University, Australia and Kobe University, Japan and served as Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

Gregor Benton is Visiting Professor in the History Programme at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has also worked at the Universities of Leeds, UK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Cardiff, UK, and Malaya, Malaysia, and at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367739186
• ISBN 13: 9780367739188
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 124
• Éditeur: Gomez Edmund, Benton Gregor
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible