Why does ethnicity matter in certain societies and contexts but not in others? Drawing on the boundary-making perspective first championed by anthropologist Fredrick Barth, Andreas Wimmer introduces a comparative analytic of ethnic group formation that overcomes essentialist approaches while also avoiding the pitfalls of excessive constructivism. Cautioning against seeing ethnicity and race wherever one looks, Wimmer shows how to disentangle ethnic and non-ethnic group formation processes and proposes a set of research ...
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Why does ethnicity matter in certain societies and contexts but not in others? Drawing on the boundary-making perspective first championed by anthropologist Fredrick Barth, Andreas Wimmer introduces a comparative analytic of ethnic group formation that overcomes essentialist approaches while also avoiding the pitfalls of excessive constructivism. Cautioning against seeing ethnicity and race wherever one looks, Wimmer shows how to disentangle ethnic and non-ethnic group formation processes and proposes a set of research designs, analytical principles, and strategies of interpretation appropriate for the task.
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