Opportunity Identity And Resources In Ethnic Mobilization

Author : Ahmed Abdel-Hafez Fawaz
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498534015
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opportunity, Identity, and Resources in Ethnic Mobilization written by Ahmed Abdel-Hafez Fawaz and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent unrest and political upheaval in Iraq and Georgia have brought attention to the place of minority populations in both countries. Using Iraqi Kurds and the Abkhaz of Georgia as case studies, this book addresses how ethnic identities become politicized across boundaries by states and political entrepreneurs, leading to mobilization of ethnic populations. This book bridges Middle Eastern studies with Post-Soviet studies, exploring the commonalities of cases in these regions to draw out patterns in cases of ethnic mobilization. It also provides a theoretical framework to examine the process of ethnic mobilization. Building on this theoretical framework, the book provides a detailed empirical analysis of the case studies of the Kurds in Iraq and the Abkhaz in Georgia. Analysis of both cases shows several common variables in cases of ethnic mobilization, including ethnic entrepreneurs, political opportunity structure, ethnic identity politicization, and resource mobilization. These variables form the environment in which ethnic mobilization occurs, motivated by such factors as state policy towards ethnic groups and external intervention to support ethnic groups.

Author : David Romano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139450727
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kurdish Nationalist Movement written by David Romano and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Romano's 2006 book focuses on the Kurdish case to try and make sense of ethnic nationalist resurgence generally. In a world rent by a growing number of such conflicts, the questions posed about why, how and when such challenges to the state are mounted are becoming increasingly urgent. Throughout the author analyses these questions through the lens of social movement theory, considering in particular politico-social structures, resource mobilization strategies and cultural identity. His conclusions offer some thought-provoking insights into Kurdish nationalism, as well as into the strengths and weaknesses of various social movement theories. While the book offers a rigorous conceptual approach, the empirical material - the result of the author's personal experiences - makes it a compelling read. It will find a readership amongst students of the Middle East, and also amongst those interested in ethnic relations, minority rights, terrorism, state repression, social movement theories and many other related issues.

Author : Adis Maksić
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319482939
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Mobilization, Violence, and the Politics of Affect written by Adis Maksić and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an unprecedented account of the Serb Democratic Party’s origins and its political machinations that culminated in Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II. Within the first two years of its existence, the nationalist movement led by the infamous genocide convict Radovan Karadzic, radically transformed Bosnian society. It politically homogenized Serbs of Bosnia-Herzegovina, mobilized them for the Bosnian War, and violently carved out a new geopolitical unit, known today as Republika Srpska. Through innovative and in-depth analysis of the Party’s discourse that makes use of the recent literature on affective cognition, the book argues that the movement’s production of existential fears, nationalist pride, and animosities towards non-Serbs were crucial for creating Serbs as a palpable group primed for violence. By exposing this nationalist agency, the book challenges a commonplace image of ethnic conflicts as clashes of long-standing ethnic nations.

Author : Hamid E. Ali
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030735583
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources, Inequality and Conflict written by Hamid E. Ali and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the link between natural resources and civil conflict, focusing especially on protest and violence in the context of mining and the extraction of minerals. The primary goal of the book is to analyze how the conflict-inducing effect of natural resources is mediated by inequality and grievances. Given the topicality of the current boom in mining, the main empirical focus is on non-fuel minerals. The work contains large-N studies of fuel and non-fuel resources and their effect on conflict. It presents case studies focusing on Zambia, India, Guatemala, and Burkina Faso, which investigate the mechanisms between the extraction of natural resources and violent conflict. Finally, the book provides a summary of the previous analyses.

Author : Connie L. McNeely
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135598290
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Rights, Public Rules written by Connie L. McNeely and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic changes that have occurred in modern nation-states have engendered a renewed and increasing interest in issues of citizenship and rights. The original essays in this collection describe the formation and transformation of citizenship and rights, considering issues such as legal culture, sovereignty, jurisdiction, diversity, welfare, and related state norms, structures, practices, and resources. Employing a variety of theoretical frameworks and sociological orientations, the contributors explore the creation of public boundaries, along with changes in the rules defining citizenship roles, identities, and rights.

Author : Kevin Escudero
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479885533
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Organizing While Undocumented written by Kevin Escudero and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems Honorable Mention, 2021 Asian America Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association An inspiring look inside immigrant youth’s political activism in perilous times Undocumented immigrants in the United States who engage in social activism do so at great risk: the threat of deportation. In Organizing While Undocumented, Kevin Escudero shows why and how—despite this risk—many of them bravely continue to fight on the front lines for their rights. Drawing on more than five years of research, including interviews with undocumented youth organizers, Escudero focuses on the movement’s epicenters—San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City—to explain the impressive political success of the undocumented immigrant community. He shows how their identities as undocumented immigrants, but also as queer individuals, people of color, and women, connect their efforts to broader social justice struggles today. A timely, worthwhile read, Organizing While Undocumented gives us a look at inspiring triumphs, as well as the inevitable perils, of political activism in precarious times.

Author : Dmitry P. Gorenburg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107320321
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Russian Federation written by Dmitry P. Gorenburg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how state institutions affect ethnic mobilization. It focuses on how ethno-nationalist movements emerge on the political arena, develop organizational structures, frame demands, and attract followers. It does so in the context of examining the widespread surge of nationalist sentiment that occurred through the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It shows that even during this period of institutional upheaval, pre-existing ethnic institutions affected the tactics of the movement leaders. It challenges the widely held perception that governing elites can kindle latent ethnic grievances virtually at will to maintain power. It argues that nationalist leaders can't always mobilize widespread popular support and that their success in doing so depends on the extent to which ethnicity is institutionalized by state structures. It shifts the study of ethnic mobilization from the whys of its emergence to the hows of its development as a political force.

Author : Andrew Aoki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000077772
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian Pacific American Politics written by Andrew Aoki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Pacific American Politics presents some of the most recent research on Asian American politics, including both quantitative and qualitative examinations of the role of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in some of today’s major political controversies. In the highly polarized politics of the United States in the early 21st century, non-Black racial minorities such as Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans will increasingly find themselves swept into the epicenter of many of the divisive controversies. This timely volume presents the latest scholarly research on some of these issues, examining questions such as Asian American support for #Black Lives Matter, responses to racially-charged attacks, and the differences in the political socialization, politicization, and community-based activism within and across sectors of the Asian American population. In addition to examining political identity, voting participation, political mobilization, transnational politics, and partisan formation, the volume also investigates important, but little discussed, issues such as the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement, political incorporation of Filipino Americans, and the struggle to establish "comfort women" memorials in the United States. Contributors also examine, through dialogues, how Asian Americans fit into the larger world of American racial politics, the extent to which they are likely to build coalitions with other communities of color, and the boundaries and contours of Asian American political theory. Exploring and Expanding the Political World Pioneered by Don T. Nakanishi, Asian Pacific American Politics will be of great interest to scholars of race and ethnicity in American politics, immigration and minority incorporation, ethnic identity politics, and political participation and democratic inclusion of Asians. The chapters were originally published in Politics, Groups, and Identities.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666917931
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa written by Toyin Falola and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa: Shifting Mobilization, edited by Toyin Falola and Céline A. Jacquemin, questions whether identity is providing and sustaining power for elites, or fueling oppression and conflicts, being mobilized for exclusionary movements versus inclusive societal changes, or educating in ways that foster progress and development. Do aspects of African identities and the challenges they present also hold prospects for more inclusive and peaceful democratic and representative futures? The contributors cover a wide spectrum of expertise on different African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Morocco, and Libya). They come from diverse disciplines (History, Political Science, Public Administration, Philosophy, Economics and Finance, Cultural Studies, Music, and International Relations), and use various methods and approaches in their research. Some contributors belong to the groups whose identity is being scrutinized and are participants in the efforts to politicize and mobilize, while others remain outside observers, who share some traits or interests with the African identities examined and provide different kinds of insights. Several chapters explore how innovative pedagogical projects studying African history and identity—facilitated by the internet and new social media—transform and connect with the African continent. Each author provides important insights on how mobilization around identity issues has been shifting with the internet and social media.

Author : Rodolfo Espino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino Politics written by Rodolfo Espino and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino identity politics research : problems and opportunities / Benjamin Márquez -- Latino public opinion : does it exist? / David L. Leal -- Fuzzy distinctions and blurred boundaries : transnational, ethnic, and immigrant politics / Michael Jones-Correa -- The role of Latino candidates in mobilizing Latino voters : revisiting Latino vote choice / Matt A. Barreto -- Residential mobility and the political mobilization of Latinos in Houston / Ricardo Ramírez -- Puerto Rican exceptionalism? : a comparative analysis of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Salvadoran, and Dominican transnational civic and political ties / Louis DeSipio and Adrian D. Pantoja -- Bonding and bridging : Latinos and social capital / Sylvia Manzano -- A place at the lunch counter : Latinos, African Americans, and the dynamics of American race politics / Helena Alves Rodrigues and Gary M. Segura -- Cooperation and conflict in multiracial school districts / René R. Rocha -- Latinas in Latino politics / Luis Ricardo Fraga and Sharon A. Navarro -- Is there a Latino dimension to voting in Congress? / Rodolfo Espino -- Latino representation in Congress : to what extent are Latinos substantively represented? / Jason P. Casellas -- Delegation or political mobilization? : Latino access to the bureaucracy / Eric Gonzalez Juenke -- "Muéstreme el dinero" : assessing the linkage between Latino school superintendents and English-language learner program resources / Nick A. Theobald -- We've come a long way, but not far enough : assessing the status of Latinos and Latino politics in political science / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manuel Avalos -- What don't we know and why don't we know it : one research agenda in Latino politics / Kenneth J. Meier