Ethnicity as a political resource : conceptualizations across disciplines, regions, and periods / University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource" (ed.).

International conference proceedings, April 2014, University of Cologne.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ethnicity as a political resource in different academic disciplines -- Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource viewed by scholars from different academic disciplines -- Ethnicity from an anthropological perspective -- More than meets the eye. Analytical frameworks beyond race and ethnicity -- The universal and the particular. Contrasting nomothetic and idiographic comparisons -- Rethinking ‘race’ from Asian perspectives -- Ethnicity as social deixis -- Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world -- Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world -- Politicizing ethnicity – ethnicizing politics. Comparisons and entanglements -- The contestation over the indigenous in Africa. The Ethiopian example -- Ethnicity as a political resource. Indigenous rights movements in Africa -- Ethnicity or nationality?. Minority policy and ethnic conflict in contemporary China -- Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods -- Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods -- Ethnicity in history -- Political uses of ethnicity in early medieval Europe -- The work of race in colonial Peru -- Araucanos or Mapuches? Prejudice vs. recognition in the Chilean media and academia -- Chinese in the Cuban revolution. An ethnically marked political mobilization?

How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods? This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches to the political uses of ethnicity, both in contemporary settings and from a historical perspective. Its scope is multidisciplinary and spans across the globe. It is a suitable resource for teaching material. With its short contributions, it conveys central points of how to understand and analyze ethnicity as a political resource