Ethnicity and the Classification of Social Differences in Plural Societies

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" Ethnicity and the Classification of Social Differences in Plural Societies "
John Clammer

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1070831
Doc. No	:	LA114460
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852185X00270‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	John Clammer
Title & Author	:	Ethnicity and the Classification of Social Differences in Plural Societies [Article]\ John Clammer
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1985
Volume/ Issue Number	:	20/3-4
Page No	:	141–155
Abstract	:	The management of ethnicity in highly plural societies continues to be a major social problem worldwide. One country that has achieved an excellent record of interethnic relations is Singapore. This paper deals with the ethnic situation in Singapore, modes of official and unofficial racial classifiation, questions of the situational selection of ethnic identity, and the relevance of the Singapore model for other multi-ethnic societies. In particular the paper develops a model for the exploration of ethnic identity using the six dimensions of family structure, majority/minority statuses, political economy, modernization, alternative modes of social stratification and national ideology. This points not only to an explanation of the Singapore case, but also to the generation of a more generally applicable set of analytical categories for exploring contemporary ethnicity.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852185X00270‬