Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity : Cross-National Perspectives in Classifications and Identity Politics
Publication year: 2015
ISBN: 978-3-319-20095-8
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This open access book examines the question of collecting and disseminating data on ethnicity and race in order to describe characteristics of ethnic and racial groups, identify factors of social and economic integration and implement policies to redress discrimination. It offers a global perspective on the issue by looking at race and ethnicity in a wide variety of historical, country-specific contexts, including Asia, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, and North America. In addition, the book also includes analysis on the indigenous populations of the Americas.
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences, Migration, Population Economics, Sociology, general, Political Science, Human Geography, Censuses and large-scale social surveys, Enumeration and identity politics, Ethnic and racial classifications, Ethnic statistics, Indigenous populations of the Americas
