Publisher description
This international collection examines how ethnic identity and belonging
are created and used politically in Europe and East Asia. The contributors
respond to debates about whether and how regional, supranational,
transnational, and multicultural identities may compromise nation states, and
how nation states deal with such centrifugal forces. The issues are discussed
from various perspectives: diasporic communities; the State and its role in
inventing and influencing national belonging; and societies and communities
with a strongly engineered multicultural structure. Two central theoretical
chapters examine the current debates on 'belonging' and 'multiculturalism',
bringing together this complex field and developing new perspectives. In
particular, the volume improves our understanding of how people 'belong' in
different contexts; by examining how they give shape to 'belonging' it is
possible to understand how these diverse trends cohere within nation states and
across continents. This volume is a collection of writings examining the origins and
circumstances of ethnicity and nationalism and the social and political
contexts from which people derive their sense of belonging.
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The Politics of Multiple Belonging: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe and East Asia
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