Classing Ethnicity. Class, Ethnicity, and the Mass Politics of Taiwan's Democratic Transition

Classing Ethnicity: Class, Ethnicity and the Mass Politics of Taiwan’s Democratic Transition

Ethnicity and Democratic Politics In India Caste as a Differential Mobilizer in Bihar

Students of comparative development have found the Indian caste system of great interest as a social structure of salience in the modernization process. Indeed, it has served as an institution of upward social mobility, political mobilization and participation, and interest aggregation in recent decades. It has been suggested that, in its mobilizing role, caste works as a medium for transmittin...

Shooting the messenger: the science and politics of ethnicity research.

Scientific arguments showing 'how the world is' are fundamentally different from political assertions about 'how the world should be'. Ideologically motivated political attacks can hamper our understanding of mental disorders by preventing academics from pursuing research in contentious areas. Evidence should be countered by better evidence, not by shooting the messenger.

The persistence of white ethnicity in New England politics

There was a consensus among earlier students of New England politics that the political influence of European ancestry was fading by the latter half of the 20th century. We examine this proposition in recent times by exploring the role of ethnic ancestry in explaining the political divide in the region’s presidential voting in over 1500 New England towns. Contrary to earlier predictions, ethnic...

Ethnicity, Race, Class, and Adolescent Violence