Eric Kaufmann's Dominant Ethnicity Page
Synopsis
Ethnicity has often been synonymous
with 'minority' in the public mind and in the nationalism and ethnic studies
literature. Yet there is nothing in the definition of ethnicity to link it with
the idea of a minority. Dominant ethnicity is a new area of research which
explores the idea of dominant-group ethnicity. I begin with an edited book which
draws together research from a wide variety of academic specialisms which
possess strong intellectual synergies. The past and future of two major
types of ethnic group are considered: dominant majorities (i.e. ethnic Japanese
in Japan, Jews in Israel) and dominant minorities (i.e. Melanesian Fijians in Fiji,
Tutsis in Rwanda). In addition to my own contribution on the decline of dominant
'WASP' ethnicity in Canada and the United States, thirteen other articles appear.
Two are theoretical pieces and the others consider case studies. Also see the
related articles and book reviews, as well as events.
Edited
Book: Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities
(Routledge, 2004)
Link
to Routledge Catalogue Description of Book
Book
Order Form
Synopsis
Introduction
to Edited Book
Table
of Contents (Final Version)
Sole-authored Book: The Rise & Fall of
Anglo-America: The Decline of Dominant Ethnicity in the United States (Harvard
University Press, 2004) - Order/More
Information
Events:
Nations & Nationalism Symposium on
John Hutchinson's Nationalism as Zones of Conflict - I will be chairing this
event, which will involve Andreas Wimmer (UCLA), Gerard Delanty (Liverpool) and
Umut Ozkirimli (Bilgi U., Istanbul) as interlocutors. 7 February 2007, LSE.
See my review of
Hutchinson's book in British Journal of Sociology.
ASEN seminar, Andreas Wimmer, "The Making
and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries. Toward a Comparative Theory", 8 February
2007, LSE. See my review of
Wimmer's book in Political Studies.
Panel
on 'Dominant Ethnies and Racist Nationalisms', 17th Annual ASEN
Conference: “The Dark Face of Nationalism: Violence, Extremism and the Nation”
17-19 April 2007, London School of Economics - Featuring David Brown
(Murdoch U., Australia - see my review of his book below) and Philip Resnick (UBC,
Canada) as well as myself
Conference, 'Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities:
Conceptualising Dominant Ethnicity,' sponsored by ESRC, British Council and the
Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), London School of Economics, 16 December
2002
View
Report from conference
View Synopsis
View Programme
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Conference Poster
Papers:
'Dominant Ethnicity and
Dominant Nationhood: Empirical and Normative Aspects', paper from conference on
'Majority and state nationalism: ethnicity, culture and politics/Nationalisme
majoritaire et étatique: ethnicité, culture et politique', Université de
Québec a Montréal, 5 April 2007
'The
Dominant Ethnic Moment: Towards the Abolition of 'Whiteness'?,' Debate article
with David Roediger (Also reply to Roediger's reply). Ethnicities, vol.
6.1 (March), 2006, pp. 231-253
Roediger's
Reply. Ethnicities, vol. 6.1 (March), 2006
My
reply to Roediger. Ethnicities, vol. 6.1 (March), 2006
Book
review of Wimmer, Andreas, 'Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict,' Political
Studies Review, July 2003
Book
review of Yoram Hazony, ‘The Jewish State,’ Nations and Nationalism, vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 2002), pp. 122-23
Book
review of David Brown, ‘Contemporary Nationalism,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 24, no. 5 (Sept. 2001), pp.
570-71
Book
review of Dru Gladney (ed.), 'Making Majorities,' Nations and Nationalism, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan 2001), pp. 117-18
*Reading
List for Dominant Ethnicity-related articles and books
Links
Nations
& Nationalism homepage
ASEN
(Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism) Homepage
Association
for Research on Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas (ARENA)
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