Constructivist theories of ethnic politics / edited by Kanchan Chandra.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Kanchan Chandra -- What is ethnic identity: a minimalist definition / Kanchan Chandra -- Attributes and categories: a new conceptual vocabulary for thinking about ethnic identity / Kanchan Chandra -- How ethnic identities change / Kanchan Chandra -- A language for thinking about ethnic identity change / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet -- A baseline model of change in an activated ethnic demography / Kanchan Chandra and Cilanne Boulet -- Modeling the evolution of an ethnic demography / Maurits Van der Veen and David Laitin -- How fluid is fluid? ethnic demography and electoral volatility in Africa / Karen Ferree -- Ethnicity and pork: a virtual test of causal mechanisms / David Laitin and Maurits Van Der Veen -- Constructivism and ethnic riots / Steven Wilkinson -- Identity, rationality, and emotion in state disintegration and reconstruction / Roger Petersen -- Deploying constructivism for the analysis of rare events: how possible is the emergence of "Punjabistan?" / Ian Lustick.