Reproducing the State
by Project Muse, Stevens, Jacqueline
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People are said to acquire their affiliations of ethnicity, race, and sex at birth. Hence, these affiliations have long been understood to be natural, independent of the ability of political societies to define who we are. Reproducing the State vigorously challenges the conventi…
The era of official color-blindness in Latin America has come to an end. For the first time in decades, nearly every state in Latin America now asks their citizens to identify their race or ethnicity on the national census. Most observers approvingly highlight the historic novel…
"Is a plural, polyethnic, democratic society possible? Starting with Ernest Gellner's observation that 'culturally plural societies worked well in the past', but 'genuine cultural pluralism ceases to be viable under current conditions', this study explores pluralism in three set…
Ìs a plural, polyethnic, democratic society possible? Starting with Ernest Gellner's observation that "culturally plural societies worked well in the past", but "genuine cultural pluralism ceases to be viable under current conditions", this study explores pluralism in three sett…
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
This study explores pluralism in early states, modern industrial societies, and the contemporary 'postmodern' world, and the ways in which different social and political forms cope with ethnic and cultural diversity.
