An Ethnic History of Europe Since 1945: Nations, States and Minorities

ISBN-13: 9780582381346 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str.

Panikos Panayi

Opis

This text offers a history of Europe which examines the continent from an ethnic perspective. Ethnicity has played a central role in the economic, social and political evolution of Europe since World War II.

Spis treści

Lists of Maps and TablesAcknowledgementsGlossary and AbbreviationsTable 1Section One: Introduction1 Minorities in European HistoryThe underlying conceptsTypes of European minoritiesMinorities in Europe since 1945Section Two: Minorities Within European Societyand Economy2 Demography, Geography and HousingDemographyGeographyHousingThe significance of demographic and residential patterns3 Economic and Social StatusEuropean economy and societySuccessful groupingsUnderdeveloped regionsThe labour commodity called immigrantsOutsiders and outcastsMinorities in European economy and societySection Three: Ethnicity4 The Basis of Difference 101What is ethnicity? 101Appearance 105Language 110Religion 1255 The Politicisation of Difference 138Culture and politics 138Culture 139Political activism 152Nationalist political parties 161The purpose of political ethnicity 175Section Four: Nation States, Majorities and Minorities6 The Role of the State 179Does the state include or exclude? 179Culture and ideology 180International guarantees 184Constitutionalism 186Multiracialism 200Legislative exclusion 204Persecution 2107 (Public Opinion) 216The methods of exclusion and persecution 216The role of the media 219Everyday discrimination 223Nationalist and racist political groupings 225Racist violence 238Select Bibliography 253Map 3 262Index

O autorze

Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University and a leading authority on the history of immigration and ethnicity. His most recent book is the widely acclaimed Spicing Up Britain: The Multicultural History of British Food (2008, 2010).