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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275978257

ISBN-139780275978259

eBay Product ID (ePID)2398664

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Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSeparation, Assimilation, or Accommodation : Contrasting Ethnic Minority Policies

SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Sociology / General, General, Political Ideologies / General

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorTerrence E. Cook

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-033384

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"An always ambitious and sometimes innovative author whose work is an unusual combination of political theory and international relations, Cook offers a well-reasoned taxonomy of policies by dominant groups toward subordinated ethnic minorities and of their actual and potential reactions to such policies. He arranges a large number of related phenomena in a few well-thought-out categories and in helpful gradation....Highly recommended. Accessible to upper-division undergraduates; particularly helpful to graduate students and beginning researchers."- Choice, "An always ambitious and sometimes innovative author whose work is an unusual combination of political theory and international relations, Cook offers a well-reasoned taxonomy of policies by dominant groups toward subordinated ethnic minorities and of their actual and potential reactions to such policies. He arranges a large number of related phenomena in a few well-thought-out categories and in helpful gradation....Highly recommended. Accessible to upper-division undergraduates; particularly helpful to graduate students and beginning researchers." Choice

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal305.8

Table Of ContentFigures Preface Separations as Segregations: Strategies of the Stronger Ethnic Group Separations as Separatisms: Strategies of the Weaker Ethnic Group Assimilations as Controls: Strategies of the Stronger Ethnic Group Assimilations as Integrations: Strategies of the Weaker Ethnic Group Accommodations as Minimal: Strategies of the Stronger Ethnic Group Accommodations as Maximal: Strategies of the Weaker Ethnic Group How to Get Out of a Zero-sum Game: The Case of the Kashmir Conflict Transformational Game Theory in Conflict Resolution References Index

SynopsisEthnic violence is rampant, but avoidable. Cook compares and contrasts all major options in ethnic minority policy, including forms of separation, assimilation, or accommodation typically favored by subordinate ethnic groups. Topics include segregation and genocide, emigrations and secessionist struggles, attempts at cultural annihilation, assimilating for individual or collective opportunities, accommodations as minimal concessions in such things as tolerance, special group rights or power-sharing, and accommodations as maximal demands on those same themes. Grounded in current concrete examples, Cook's analysis brings coherence to a confused and often lethal political problem., Delineates six broad alternative directions in ethnic minority policy, emphasizing ethnic group differences, similarities, or a mix of both.

LC Classification NumberGN495