The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and engaging selection of readings for students of sociology, politics, international relations and race relations. Updated with a large proportion of new readings and extended editorial summaries, the reader analyses the ethnic component present in nationalism, multiculturalism and migration, making it indispensable to those seeking to understand the relevance of ethnicity as one of the most prominent forces in the modern world.

Drawing on a wide range of examples, the selections included examine theories of nationalism and consider issues of ethnic integration and conflict in the USA, Middle East, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Quebec and Catalonia among other countries and regions. The concept of ethnicity, however, is discussed not only in relation to group rights in existing nation-states: many of the selections deal with the role of ethnicity in groups which are not nationalist at all but for which ethnicity is an important factor in the process of migration, extending the focus to transnational communities in a globalized world.

Contributors include Benedict Anderson, Etienne Balibar, James Clifford, Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Keating, Will Kymlicka, Tariq Modood, John Rex, Anthony D. Smith, Michel Wieviorka, and Franke Wilmer.

About the Author
Montserrat Guibernau is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London

John Rex is Professor Emeritus at Warwick University

Reviews
"The new edition of Montserrat Guibernau and John Rex's Ethnicity Reader makes it the most useful volume of its kind available at present: its range is marvellous, its texts the most important and the most recent in the field."
John A. Hall, McGill University

"Guibernau and Rex have put together a superb collection of writings on ethnicity. They have selected from the best historical and contemporary scholarship on this fraught issue, covering a wide range of topics, from citizenship to violence. Most importantly, the variety of contributions spans the globe. The Ethnicity Reader is an excellent resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a wide range of disciplines."
Eric D. Weitz, University of Minnesota

"The wide-ranging coverage of contemporary issues of 'ethnic' conflict and integration is what distinguishes this reader. It is a welcome addition to our course reading lists."
Yasemin Soysal, University of Essex



Book Information
ISBN 9780745647029
Author Montserrat Guibernau
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 744g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 172mm * 30mm