Ethnonational Identities

The prominence of ethnonational identities and movements is of increasing interest and concern. But the nature and importance of these identities remain ill understood. This title breaks significant ground by exploring the complex dimensions of ethnonational identity claims, their political mobilisation, and a wide variety of comparative contexts in which they are found. Including case studies from the Quebecois to the Maori and from Kashmiri nationalism to inter-ethnic competition in the Caribbean, it should be of interest to all those with an interest or involvement in the fields of ethnicity, nationalism and identity politics.

Author Biography

STEVE FENTON is Professor of Sociology in the Sociology Department, University of Bristol, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol. He has mostly researched and published on the topics of ethnicity, ethnic groups and racism. Among his most recent books is Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture, (Palgrave 1999), and he has also recently co-edited for Palgrave Ethnicity Gender and Social Change (with Rohit Barot and Harriet Bradley; 2000) and Ethnicity and Economy (with Harriet Bradley; 2002). – STEPHEN MAY is Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education in the School of Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol. He has written widely on ethnicity, nationalism, and multiculturalism, with a particular focus on their implications for language and education.