Richard Jenkins is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. His previous publications include: Racism and Recruitment (Cambridge University Press, 1986); Pierre Bourdieu (Routledge, 1992); and Social Identity (Routledge, 1996).
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PART ONE: ARGUMENTS Chapter 1: Anthropology and Ethnicity Locating Social Anthropology Locating Ethnicity Chapter 2: From Tribes to Ethnic Groups Groups and Boundaries Revisited Chapter 3: Myths of Pluralism South and West Wales as a Case in Point Modernity and Globalization Chapter 4: Ethnicity Etcetera The Communal, the Local, the National, the Global Culture and Biology Redrawing the Boundaries Chapter 5: Categorisation and Power Groups and Categories Social Categorization Contexts of Ethnic Categorization Categorization and Power Chapter 6: Ideologies of Identification Group Identification and Social Categorization (again) Ethnicity and 'Race' Ideologies of Identification PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS Chapter 7: Majority Ethnicity The Foundations of Modern Ulster Ethnicity: The Plantation The Consolidation of Ethnic Domination: The Industrial Revolution Organized Labour and the Manipulation of Ethnicity Culture and Economic Advantage? Chapter 8: The 'Cultural Stuff' Varieties of Religious Conflict Religious Differences and Conflict in Northern Ireland Ethnicity, Politics and Religion Chapter 9: Violence, Language and Politics Northern Ireland and Wales The Violence of Politics The Politics of Language Some Explanatory Options Chapter 10: Nation and Nationalisms Ethnicity and Nationalism Nationalism in Three Countries Wales Northern Ireland Denmark Identity, Ideology and the Everyday Rethinking Ethnicity