TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weber,Anke
AU  - Hiers,Wesley
AU  - Flesken,Anaïd
TI  - Politicized ethnicity: a comparative perspective 
T2  - Perspectives in comparative politics
SN  - 9781137349453
AV  - GN495 .P655 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Ethnic groups
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Social integration
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; One. Politicization of Ethnicity --; Two. The African Cases : Kenya and Tanzania --; Three. The Latin American Cases: Bolivia and Peru --; Four. The United States --; Five. Comparative Analysis; 2; b
N2  - "Why is ethnic identity an important factor in politics in some countries but not in others? This book offers a rigorous comparative analysis of five cases in three regions - Kenya, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States - to demonstrate how colonial administrative rule, access to resources, nation building and language policies, as well as political entrepreneurs contribute to the politicization of ethnicity. The analytical framework in this book identifies how ethnic identities are transformed into socially salient ethnic identities, and how some of these socially salient ethnic identities are used for political mobilization. Long-run factors affecting ethnicity politicization are colonial administrative rule and access to resources. Actions by political entrepreneurs, in contrast, play a major role in short-run, intense bursts of politicized ethnicity. Nation-building policies have the potential to reduce ethnicity politicization and to work towards an inclusive society"--
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