Power, wealth and common identity: Access to resources and ethnic identification in a plural society

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-489

  Hempel, Lynn M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Ethnic identity; Ethnic mobilization; Instrumentalism; Mauritius; Social identification

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; POWER RELATIONS; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 61549091126     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701722422     Document Type: Article

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