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  • THE FRENCH POLITY
    WILLIAM SAFRAN
    Focusing on the interplay between individual and institutions, The French Polity is the most current and comprehensive text for introducing students to the changing and enduring characteristics of the French political scene. It combines historical perspective and contextual information on French society to clearly explain the evolution and health of this country, political inst...

    $2,800.00

  • LANGUAGE, ETHNIC IDENTITY AND THE STATE
    SAFRAN, WILLIAM / LAPONCE, J.A.
    This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity, which is often underestimated as a component for political stability. These leading scholars present five key case studies of South Africa, Algeria, Canada, Latvia and Senegal. All five countries are multilingual nations where language has been a central political issue tha...

    $1,139.00

  • IDENTITY AND TERRITORIAL AUTONOMY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES
    MÁIZ, RAMÓN / WILLIAM, SAFRAN
    Focusing on autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this work examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Contributors distinguish among types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and unity of the state. ...

    $1,139.00

  • TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATIONS
    WILLIAM SAFRAN, AJAYA KUMAR SAHOO AND BRIJ V. LAL
    This book studies Indian diaspora, currenlty 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the 'transnational' nature of the middle class worker. Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities. It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique adva...

    $1,099.00

  • NATIONALISM AND ETHNOREGIONAL IDENTITIES IN CHINA
    WILLIAM, SAFRAN
    Western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society. ...

    $859.00

  • THE SECULAR AND THE SACRED
    WILLIAM SAFRAN
    What is the place of religion in modern political systems? This volume addresses that question by focusing on ten countries across several geographic areas: Western and East-Central Europe, North America, the Middle East and South Asia. These countries are comparable in the sense that they are committed to constitutional rule, have embraced a more or less secular culture, and h...

    $1,139.00