Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity

Steven Ratuva is director of the Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies and professor in the department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Canterbury. He was Fulbright professor at UCLA, Duke University and Georgetown University and currently chair of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization. With a Ph.D. from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Ratuva is an interdisciplinary scholar who has written or edited a number of books and published numerous papers on a range of issues including ethnicity, security, affirmative action, indigenous intellectual property, geo-political strategies, social protection, militarization, ethno-nationalism, development, peace and neo-liberalism. He has been a consultant and advisor for a number of international organizations such as UNDP, International Labour Organization, International Institute for Democracy and ElectoralAssistance, Commonwealth Secretariat and Asian Development Bank and has worked in a number of universities around the world including Australia, US, New Zealand, Fiji and UK.

• Section A: Ethnicity and identity in the contemporary era (12 chapters).- 1) Ethnicity, race and identity today: Theoretical debates .- 2) Ethnic classification and pluralism in a globalized world.- 3) Ethno-cultural symbolism and group identity.- 4) Ethnic boundaries and cross-ethnic relationships.- 5) Cultural socialization and ethnic consciousness.- 6) Kinship, tribe, genealogy and ethnicity .- 7) Ethnicity, class and nation in a changing world.- 8) Ethnic identity, power and the modern state.- 9) Historical memory and ethnic myths.- 10) Ethnic identity and the notion of motherland and land rights.- 11) Cyberspace, ethnicity and virtual identities.- 12) Globalization and multiple identities.- Section B: The state, society and ethno-politics (9 chapters).- 1) The significance of ethno-politics in modern states and society.- 2) The state, citizenship and ethnic classification.- 3) Multiculturalism and state ideology.- 4) Assimilation and integration- Forced and voluntary.- 5) Regulating and legislating ethnic relations.- 6) The state and ethnic relations in China.- 7) Regime change and ethnic relations in Sudan.- 8) Ethnic state and communal policies in Indonesia.- 9) State secularism and ethnic assimilation in France.- Section C: Racial prejudice and stereotypes (11 chapters).- 1) What is racism and how is it manifested?- 2) Construction of ethnic stereotypes.- 3) 9/11, "war on terror" and  racial profiling, Police and racial profiling in UK and US.- 4) Structural racism and inequality.- 5) The basis of colonial racism and impact today.- 6) Media, racism and Islamophobia.- 7) White supremacist groups.- 8) Apartheid and post-apartheid racism.- 9) The resurgence of right-wing politics in Europe and US.- 10) Racial framing in global security.- 11) Colonialism, neo-colonialism and racial myths.- Section D: Conflict and ethno-nationalism (11 chapters).- Section E: Intersectionality, mixed heritage and multiple identities (9 chapters).- Section F: Indigenous groups and minorities (10 chapters).-  Section G: Globalization and Diaspora (12 chapters).- Section H: Ethnic labour (14 chapters).-  Section I: Socio-economic conditions and ethnic policy responses (6 chapters).- Section J:  Ethnicity, constitutions and electoral systems (10 chapters).-  Section K: Ethnic cleansing, genocide and international justice (8 chapters).-  Section L: Immigration and refugees (12 chapters).-  Section M: Ethnic inequality and affirmative action (8 chapters).- Section N: Addressing the ethnicity problems (12 chapters).-  Section O: Cultural renaissance and celebration of identity.