This book examines the race and immigration issues by considering the nature of the black 'constituency' and its political responses to issues of race and immigration, this book considers the nature of the black 'constituency'. It discusses the political responses of this 'const…
This text uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'Through clo…
Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly spring to prominence in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of World War One, the term became fundamental to public and academic understandings of national and international politics, law, and society: '…
This book examines some of the most pressing issues facing the Turkish political establishment, in particular the issues of political Islam, and Kurdish and Turkish nationalisms. The authors explore the rationales of the main political actors in Turkey in order to increase our u…
When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of the former Russian Empire, a territory populated by hundreds of different peoples belonging to a multitude of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups. Before 19…
When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of the former Russian Empire, a territory populated by hundreds of different peoples belonging to a multitude of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups. Before 19…