The Measure and Mismeasure of Populations: The Statistical Use of Ethnic and Racial Categories in Multicultural Societies
Author:   Denis Lacorne
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
ISBN:  

9781403965790


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   02 May 2008
Format:   Hardback
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The Measure and Mismeasure of Populations: The Statistical Use of Ethnic and Racial Categories in Multicultural Societies


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This title features international mix of contributors. It presents disputed topic.Based on a conference co-hosted by CERI, INED and the Group for Study and Fight Against Discrimination, these essays explore the questions of whether race and ethnicity are scientific categories or purely political ones and whether precise definitions of group boundaries based on ethnic and racial categories are needed in the West.

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Author:   Denis Lacorne
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781403965790


ISBN 10:   140396579
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   02 May 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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DENIS LACORNE is Senior Research Fellow at the National Foundation of Political Science (FNSP), France, and the Centre for International Studies and Reseach (CERI), France. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University and he currently lectures at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and at the Universit? Paris l Panth?on-sorbonne, France.

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