\'This book is a welcome and brilliantly crafted overview of this field.
The result is a compact, refreshing and stimulating enquiry into an indispensable concept for making sense of the contemporary world..
Drawing upon rich case study material, the book discusses such issues as: the \'myth\' of the plural society; postmodern notions of difference; the relationship between ethnicity, \'race\' and nationalism; ideology; language; violence and religion; and the everyday construction of national identity.
Jenkins draws on specific examples to demonstrate the social mechanisms that construct Ethnicity and the consequences for people\'s experience.
While Ethnicity - as a social construct - is imagined, its effects are far from imaginary.
This fully revised and updated second edition adds new material on globalization and the recent debates about whether Ethnicity matters and ethnic groups actually exist.
The second edition will be an invaluable resource for both students and researchers alike\' - John Solomos, City University, London The first edition of Rethinking Ethnicity quickly established itself as a popular text for students of Ethnicity and ethnic relations.
It represents a major advance in our understanding of how Ethnicity works in specific social and cultural contexts. \'This book is a welcome and brilliantly crafted overview of this field
