Ethnicity Counts

by William Petersen

Book Overview

Official statistics about ethnicity in advanced societies are no better than those in less developed countries. An open industrial society is inherently fluid, and it is as hard to interpret social class and ethnic groups there as in a nearly static community. In consequence, the collection and interpretation of ethnic statistics is frequently a battleground where the groups being counted contest each element of every enumeration.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412849578
• ISBN13: 9781412849579
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"