Racial & Ethnic Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict

   The Development and Impact of Nationalist Rhetoric

   By Beata Huszka

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

   Discourses creating ethnically exclusive identities can alienate minorities and lead to inter-ethnic tensions and violent conflict, while an ethnically inclusive discourse can contribute to inter-ethnic peace. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ethnic Politics and Democratic Transition in Rwanda

   By David Kiwuwa

   Series: Democratization Studies

   This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition. Using Rwanda as the case study, it combines analysis of democratic transition and ethnopolitical debate, asking why deeply divided ethnic societies have a tendency to fail. Though...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. War and Revolution in the Caucasus

   Georgia Ablaze

   Edited by Stephen F. Jones

   Series: ThirdWorlds

   The South Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires. This region, on the edge of Europe, is associated in Western minds with ethnic conflict and geopolitical struggles in August 2008. Yet, another war broke out in this distant European periphery as Russia and Georgia...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade

   Remedying the 'Past'?

   Edited by Fernne Brennan, John Packer

   Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the ‘Past’? Addresses how reparations might be obtained for the legacy of the Trans Atlantic slave trade. This collection lends weight to the argument that liability is not extinguished on the death of the plaintiffs or perpetrators. Arguing...

   Published October 30th 2011 by Routledge
5. Jim Crow Citizenship

   Liberalism and the Southern Defense of Racial Hierarchy

   By Marek D. Steedman

   Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

   In the late 1860s the U.S. federal government initiated the most abrupt transition from slavery to citizenship in the Americas. The transformation, of course, did not stick, but it did permanently alter the terms of American citizenship and initiated a century long struggle over the place of...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
6. Chinese Migrants in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe

   Edited by Felix B. Chang, Sunnie T. Rucker-Chang

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   Much of the former Soviet bloc has become a destination for new Chinese migrants. Throughout Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Chinese migrants are engaged in entrepreneurial activities, primarily as petty merchants of consumer goods in unsteady economies. This book situates these migrants...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Globalization, Labor Export and Resistance

   A Study of Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in Global Cities

   By Ligaya Lindio-McGovern

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   Moving beyond polemical debates on globalization, this study considers complex intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality and class within the field of globalized labor. As a significant contribution to the on-going debate on the role of neoliberal states in reproducing gender-race-class...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Development–induced Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India

   Current Issues and Challenges

   Edited by Sakarama Somayaji, Smrithi Talwar

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Compulsory land acquisition and involuntary displacement of communities for a larger public purpose captures the tension of development in the modern state, with the need to balance the interests of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority. In India, informal estimates of...

   Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
9. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics

   The British Experience

   By Tahir Abbas

   The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
10. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion

    Identity Politics in Twenty-First Century America

    Edited by David Ericson

    Assessing the limits of pluralism, this book examines different types of political inclusion and exclusion and their distinctive dimensions and dynamics. Why are particular social groups excluded from equal participation in political processes? How do these groups become more fully included as...

    Published December 19th 2010 by Routledge