IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/socres/v6y2001i1p25-42.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Basic Elements of a Systematic Theory of Ethnic Relations

Author

Listed:
  • John Rex

Abstract

The theory of ethnic relations has developed ad hoc on an interdisciplinary basis. It has dealt with ethnicity in small communities, larger ethnic groups or “ethnies†, ethnic nations, modernising nation states, subordinate nationalisms, the establishment of empires, post- imperial situations, transnational migrant communities and the political problems facing modernising nation states in dealing both with subordinate nationalisms and with migrant ethnic minorities. This paper seeks to deal with these various elements in an interconnected and systematic way setting out the nature of communities, small-scale self contained communities, the enlargement of these communities to form ethnic nations and the relationship between these and the institutions of the modernising nation state. It also seeks however to deal with what I call “The second project of ethnicity†which is migration and finally goes on to look at the complex problems of multi-nationality and multiculturalism in modern nation states

Suggested Citation

  • John Rex, 2001. "The Basic Elements of a Systematic Theory of Ethnic Relations," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 6(1), pages 25-42, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:6:y:2001:i:1:p:25-42
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.557
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5153/sro.557
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.5153/sro.557?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:6:y:2001:i:1:p:25-42. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.