Census and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses

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David I. Kertzer (Brown University, Rhode Island) Dominique Arel (Brown University, Rhode Island)

Census and Identity

The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses

David I. Kertzer (Brown University, Rhode Island), Dominique Arel (Brown University, Rhode Island), David I. Kertzer , Dennis P. Hogan

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Cambridge University Press
21 February 2002

Society & Social Sciences; Ethnic studies; Population & demography; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: New Perspectives on Anthropological and Social Demography

The Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Language in National Censuses examines the ways that states have attempted to pigeon-hole the people within their boundaries into racial, ethnic, and language categories. These attempts, whether through American efforts to divide the US population into mutually exclusive racial categories, or through the Soviet system of inscribing nationality categories on internal passports, have important implications not only for people's own identities and life chances, but for national political and social processes as well. The book reviews the history of these categorizing efforts by the state, and offers a theoretical context for examining them, illustrating the case with studies from a range of

countries.

Edited by: David I. Kertzer (Brown University Rhode Island), Dominique Arel (Brown University, Rhode Island)
Series edited by: David I. Kertzer, Dennis P. Hogan, Jack Caldwell
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 366g
ISBN: 9780521004275
ISBN 10: 0521004276
Series: New Perspectives on Anthropological and Social Demography
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 February 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Censuses, identity formation, and the struggle for political power David I. Kertzer and Dominique Arel; 2. Racial categorization in censuses Melissa Nobles; 3. Ethnic categorization in censuses: comparative observations from Israel, Canada, and the United States Calvin Goldscheider; 4. Language categories in censuses: backward- or forward-looking? Dominique Arel; 5. The debate on resisting identity categorization in France Alain Blum; 6. On counting, categorizing, and violence in Burundi and Rwanda Peter Uvin; 7. Identity counts: the Soviet legacy and the census in Uzbekistan David Abramson.

David Kertzer is Professor of Social Science, and Professor of Anthropology and History, Brown University. He was National Book Award Finalist for The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, and is the author of Politics and Symbols (1996), Sacrificed for Honor (1993), Ritual Politics and Power (1988), Comrades and Christians (1980), and several other books. Among his recent edited books are Anthropological Demography (with Tom Fricke, 1997) and Aging the Past (with Peter Laslett (1995). Dominique Arel is Assistant Professor (Research), Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. He has chapters in Multinational Democracies (Cambridge, 2001) and in other scholarly journals.

Reviews for Census and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses

'Apart from being essential for cross-cultural health researchers readers will also find specific chapters on Uzbekistan, Burundi and Rwanda and France as well as comparative material for Europe. I thorough recommend that health service researchers read this book.' International Journal of Social Psychiatry '... rich materials ... a stimulating book ...'. International Sociology '... splendid ... Although many have remarked on the relevance of censuses for contemporary minority issues and identity politics, this is the first collaborative volume that addresses the issue comparatively.' Journal of Peace Research