This study surveys nation-building efforts in post-Soviet Russia, and shows how all five main nation-building projects reflecting the dominant ways of imagining the “true” Russian nation have been fraught with contradictions and therefore could not easily guide state policies. At the same...

From the inception of human civilisation, man was in a nomadic stage depending upon the nature and forest for his livelihood. Gradually he started to learn about the development. Day by day his demand goes on fulfiing. But inspite of globalization and modernisation, there are many people who are...

This paper presents an analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the population in England and Wales and show the potential of ethnic market segments. This study uses the data from 1991 and 2001 UK censuses and 2004 Annual Population Survey data to show the ethnic breakdown of the population in...

Ethnic conflicts and wars have been a significant factor determining minority populations’ outflow from Iraq. Turkmen as such minority have been subjected to oppression. Limited economic opportunities combined with the effects of wars imposed an environment of insecurity on Turkmen. This has...

Why in some cases do we observe an increase in ethnic violence following a democratic transition, while in others violence dissipates? We argue that a crucial intervening variable that is often ignored in ethnic conflict studies is the nature and number of organizations that purport to represent...

In the present study an attempt has been made to highlight the various business activities and marketing of product by Tharu tribal people. The development of human resources in the tribal areas is the most important element in the rapid industrialisation and is an adjunct of the much needed...

Ethnische Vielfalt ist eine Quelle für ökonomische Vorteile, die sich Migranten und ihre Aufnahmeländer zunutze machen können. Insbesondere der Grad an Bindung oder Identifikation mit dem Aufnahme- und Herkunftsland determiniert den ökonomischen Erfolg von Zuwanderern. Grundlage eines...

Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...

Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states - assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...

The paper provides a new measure of the ethnic identity of immigrants and explores its evolution in the host country. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the following elements: language, culture, societal interaction,...