Explaining Ethnicity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5778715 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henry E Hale (0000-0002-2956-8033, Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 458-485 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010414003262906 |
| OpenAlex | W4251204727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 119 |
| References cited | 33 |
Although scholars often treat "ethnicity" as one of the most important phenomena in politics, nothing close to a consensus has emerged about not only what its effects are but also what it is. Theorists typically divide this debate into two camps, usually dubbed "primordialism" and "constructivism," but these categories are unhelpful and actually obscure some of the most important questions. This study recasts the debate by providing a micro-level explanation for why and how people tend to think and act in terms of macro-level identity categories in the first place. Drawing heavily on recent psychological research, this approach reveals why ethnicity is special and why it is ascribed importance by researchers in fields as diverse as sociology, anthropology, and political science. As it turns out, neither constructivism nor primordialism is fully accurate, and theorists are advised to think in terms that are more consistent with psychological research
Constructivism (international relations · Identity politics · Nothing · Gender Politics and Representation · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Religion and Voting Behavior
Social mobility and inequality between groups
Challenges of governing ethnic diversity in Ethiopia
Tourism and "eco-ethnicity"
Turismo y "eco-etnicidad"
Tourisme et « éco-ethnicité »
Speaking the State
Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Perceptions of the Holocaust Among Young Muslims in Berlin, Paris and London
Democracy and Diversity
Everyday Choices
Varieties of Nationalism
Ethnic Fluidity in Ephesians
The activation problem in political coalition formation
Boundaries
Ethnic Homogeneity and Community Policing
Politicized Secularism in Israel
What Role do Soviet Nationalities Play in Regulating the Marital Behavior in Dagestan
Narrating Ethnicity in Oral History Interviews
‘You shouldn't blame religion … but the person’ – the ethnic boundary work of young second-generation migrants in Rotterdam
Identity-Based Administrative Involution in Indonesia
Ethno-federalism and the Crisis of State Authority
Religious demography and conflict
Assimilation into the Literary Mainstream? The Classification of Ethnic Minority Authors in Newspaper Reviews in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany
What is an Ethnic Appeal? Policies as Metonymies for Ethnicity in the Political Rhetoric of Group Identity
Ethno-nationalism and the Subversion of Liberal Democracy
Building Trust
Frozen Conflicts and Internal Dynamics of De Facto States
The imagined ‘other’ and its shifts
Changing ethnic identities among the K uy in C ambodia
Ethnopolitical Mobilization without Groups
Beyond binary
Sixth Nations and Nationalism debate
The Primordialisation of Ethnic Nationalism in Macedonia
External kin, economic disparity and minority ethnic group mobilization
Indirect colonial rule and the salience of ethnicity
Repression and backlash protests
Wars within Wars
Did Segregation Increase as the City Expanded
Cause without a Rebel
Nationalism in the Russian media
A New Wave of Research on Civilizational Politics
Rethinking Civilizational Identity from the Bottom Up
Identity voting
Ethnic Cues and Redistributive Preferences in Post-Soviet Georgia
Unpacking the Suitcase
War, social preferences, and anti-outgroup behavior
The Rise and Fall of Diasporic Bonds in Japanese‐Peruvian “Return” Migration
War-related victimization and social distance toward others
Kidnapping in Nigeria
Identity and political preferences in Ukraine – before and after the Euromaidan
Minorities to the left
The rise of and demand for identity‐oriented media coverage
Alien Rule and Its Discontents
Nationalism as a Process for Making the Desired Identity Salient
Cultural legacies and electoral performance of ethnic minority parties in post‐communist E urope
Power, wealth and common identity
Nationalism and Ethnic-Based Trust
Racial Discrimination in the Marriage Market? An Exploration of Swedish Adoption Data
Boundaries (Racial/Ethnic)
Fostering collective subjectivities
Ethnic cosmopolitanism, cultural identity and conflict dynamics in the Kusaug Traditional Area of Northern Ghana
Divided We Stand
Economic Hardship Triggers Identification with Disadvantaged Minorities
A surprising connection between civilizational identity and succession expectations among Russian elites
Shedding Russianness, recasting Ukrainianness
War and identity
The decline of ethnic voting patterns in plural societies
Identity change in a context of intergroup threat
Whose equality? Measuring group representation
Rethinking Identity in Political Science
Shared interests foster interethnic cooperation among politicians
Ethnic Campaign Appeals
How Do Nationalist Leaders Respond to International Human Rights Criticisms
Imperfect measures of dynamic identities
Ethnic nationalism versus religious loyalty
Does non‐territorial autonomy essentialise ethnicity? Cultural autonomy legislation in interwar Estonia
Identities in between
Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Rebel Constituencies and Civil War Alliances
Small Peoples
The heterogeneous effect of diversity
Peripheral identities in contemporary Spain
How is ethnicity experienced? Essentialist and constructivist notions of ethnicity in Rwanda and Burundi
Individual Identity Attachments and International Conflict
Adapting to Changing Contexts of Choice
Ethnicizing Masses in Post-Bonn Afghanistan
What Is Ethnic Identity and Does It Matter
The Dictator Game, Fairness and Ethnicity in Postwar Bosnia
Irredentism and Institutions
Memory and National Identity Among Afghan Refugees in Peshawar
Dual ethnic identity development
How to Think About Social Identity
On the Link between Ethnic Politics and Identification
The Study of Ethnicity in Nigeria
Second-order ethnic diversity
Believing Facts in the Fog of War
Community policing amidst diversity
Procesos de construcción identitaria y desafíos del antiesencialismo analítico
Ethnic trust, minority status, and public goods in post-conflict societies
Cash Crops, Print Technologies, and the Politicization of Ethnicity in Africa
Chapter 6. The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict
Behind the Mule
The Psychological Foundations of Culture
Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Race in the Making
Ethnicity without groups
Theft of an Idol
Economics and Identity
Beyond reason
The Logic of Practice
Nationalism and the Marketplace of Ideas
How thick is blood? The plot thickens
Myths and Memories of the N1ation
Containing Nationalism
The Birth of an Ideology
Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Theories of Nationalism
Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identity
What is nationalism and why should we study it
Blood is thicker than water
Intergroup discrimination in the minimal group paradigm
The "I," the "we," and the "when
Ethnic Competition and Modernization in Contemporary Africa
Primordial, Personal, Sacred and Civil Ties
Human Nature in Politics
Peasants into Frenchmen
Constructing Ethnicity
Identity change in Bashkortostan
A resynthesis of the primordial and circumstantial approaches to ethnic group solidarity
Situational ethnicity
Beyond 'identity
| Unique citing works | 119 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,41 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 118 |