About the Authors Foreword Preface to the 2nd Edition Preface 1. The Puzzles Of Ethnicity And Race An Unexpected Persistence and Power A Puzzling Diversity of Forms Ethnicity and Race as Sociological Topics An Outline of What Follows 2. Mapping the Terrain: Definitions The Definition of Ethnicity The Definition of Race Ethnicity and Race Nationalism and Belonging Conclusion 3. Fixed or Fluid? Alternative Views of Ethnicity and Race The Assimilationist Assumption Primordialism Circumstantialism Primordialism and Circumstantialism Compared Conclusion 4. A Constructionist Approach The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities The Nature of Ethnic and Racial Bonds The Reconstruction of Circumstances The Logic of Ethnic and Racial Construction Reframing Intergroup Relations Conclusion 5. Case Studies in Identity Construction Case 1. The Power of Circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States Case 2. Between Assertion and Assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi Case 3. From Thick Ethnicity to Thin: German Americans Case 4. Constructed Primordiality and Ethnic Power: Afrikaners in South Africa Case 5. From Thin Ethnicity to Thick: Basketball and War in the Former Yugoslavia Case 6. Race, Culture, and Belonging: Who Is France? A Comparison of Cases Conclusion Chapter 6. Construction Sites: Contextual Factors in the Making of Identities Critical Sites Politics Labor Markets Residential Space Social Institutions Culture Daily Experience Summarizing Contextual Factors Conclusion Chapter 7. What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities Preexisting Identities Population Size Internal Differentiation Social Capital Human Capital Symbolic Repertoires Groups, Contexts, and Agendas Conclusion Chapter 8. Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World The Impact of Modernity Mixing and Multiplicity Separation and Consolidation Making Sense, Making Selves, Making Others Conclusion References
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