TY - BOOK AU - Chandra, Kanchan, ed. TI - Constructive theories of ethnic politics SN - 9780199893157 U1 - 305.8 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Identity politics KW - Ethnic relations--Political aspects KW - Ethnicity--Philosophy KW - Ethnicity--Political aspects KW - Ethnic groups--Political activity N1 - Introduction / Kanchan Chandra What is ethnic identity: a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra Attributes and categories: a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra A language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / Maurits Van der Veen and David Laitin How fluid is fluid? ethnic demography and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree Ethnicity and pork: a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and Maurits Van Der Veen Constructivism and ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson Identity, rationality, and emotion in state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events: how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian Lustick ER -