Ethnic diversity and social cohesion : immigration, ethnic fractionalization and potentials for civic action / Merlin Schaeffer.
Series: Research in migration and ethnic relations seriesPublisher: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781409469384 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781409469391 (e-book)
- 305.8 23
- HM1271 .S3783 2014eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The fragility of social cohesion in ethnically diverse societies -- Elements of a theory on ethnic diversity and social cohesion -- Measuring ethnic diversity -- Beyond measured facts -- Perceptions are not arbitrarily subjective -- The dilemma of inter-ethnic coexistence -- Conclusion.
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