Raising the bar in analysis
Wimmer'sEthnic Boundary Making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2146652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miri Song (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 829-833 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2013.871310 |
| OpenAlex | W1972218744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Most books on ethnicity and race purport to relate specifically to one country, for instance, the USA. So Wimmer's new book is highly ambitious in presenting a comparative analytical framework for understanding ethnic boundary making, which transcends the particularities of any one country. While stressing the many ways in which actors are strategic in their practices, assertions and affiliations, in Ethnic Boundary Making, Andreas Wimmer insists on avoiding the tiresome binaries of instrumentalism versus primordialism. Wimmer's comparative framework centres on a search for recurring processual patterns. The search for such patterns means that there are only a finite number of ways in which ethnic boundaries are made, redefined, demolished, and so on - even across quite disparate societies around the world. It is this dogged determination to be precise and comprehensive that marks this book from others.Keywords: Wimmerethnic boundary makingradical constructivistcomparativeethnic classificationinsider/outsider Additional informationNotes on contributorsMiri SongMIRI SONG is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent
Boundary (topology · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Genealogy · Geometry · Instrumentalism · Raising (metalworking · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |