Inter-ethnic politics and the modern nation-state

Author: Wang Jian'e / Chen Jianyue et al
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book explores the impact of world history on modern ethnic relations from multiple aspects of interethnic politics in modern nation-states, the complex and intricate interactions between economic globalization and ethnic identity and relations, as well as the new manifestations of nationalism and ethnic movements after the Cold War. It reveals the significant influence of the establishment of the modern ethnic system on collective identity worldwide from multiple perspectives, including political identity, civil rights, and the connotation and extension of political communities. It also examines the logical relationship between political consciousness, state systems, and social psychology, the dominant position and powerful influence of the nation-state model in identity politics, and proposes major issues such as the reconstruction, transformation, and improvement of political identity, concepts, institutions, and laws in multi-ethnic societies.