Democracy and Ethnography by Carol J Greenhouse
The book develops two national case studies, the United States and Spain. Both countries have been invoked as models of multiculturalism, but their constitutional discourse and politics take very different approaches to issues of identity. Similarly, ethnographic disciplines have been involved in the officialization of difference in both countries, in different ways. Taken together, these differences and their common roots in the twinned histories of modern liberal democracy and the social sciences, provide ethnographic, reflexive, and comparative themes as well as broader theoretical and practical implications.-
Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization
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Reconstructing Citizenship
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The Remote Borderland
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Cultivating Dissent
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The Problem of Trieste and the Italo-Yugoslav Border
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Subversions of International Order
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The Paradoxes of Nationalism
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Refugeehood and the Postconflict Subject
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Pharmapolitics in Russia
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A Double Burden
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Slavophile Thought and the Politics of Cultural Nationalism
"In exploring the official constructions of cultural diversity in the United States and Spain, this book makes a valuable contribution to debates on multicultural policies in liberal democratic statesIt brings anthropological insights on classification to bear on the pressing issues of affirmative action, immigration quotas, education, and the political organization of difference." — John Borneman, Cornell University
"How do democracies deal with difference? This intriguing, provocative collection of essays explores how democracies accommodate the tensions between equality and diversity through a comparison of the United States and Spain. It is essential reading for scholars concerned with the challenges and dilemmas posed by multicultural societies within democratic states." — Sally Engle Merry, Wellesley College
Carol J. Greenhouse is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University at Bloomington. She is the author of Praying for Justice: Faith, Hope and Community in an American Town and A Moment's Notice: Time Politics Across Cultures, and coauthor (with Barbara Yngvesson and David Engel) of Law and Community in Three American Towns.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791439647 |
| ISBN 10 | 079143964X |
| Title | Democracy and Ethnography |
| Author | Carol J Greenhouse |
| Series | Suny Series In National Identities |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1998-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 305 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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