Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics

Download or read book Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics written by Kanchan Chandra and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the possibility of change in ethnic identity into account, this book shows and dismantles the theoretical logics linking ethnic diversity to negative outcomes and processes such as democratic destabilisation, clientelism, riots and state collapse. Even more importantly, it changes the questions we can ask about the relationship between ethnicity, politics and economics.