Grounds for Difference Paperback / softback

Offering fresh perspectives on perennial questions of ethnicity, race, nationalism, and religion, Rogers Brubaker makes manifest the forces that shape the politics of diversity and multiculturalism today.

In a lucid and wide-ranging analysis, he contends that three recent developments have altered the stakes and the contours of the politics of difference: the return of inequality as a central public concern, the return of biology as an asserted basis of racial and ethnic difference, and the return of religion as a key terrain of public contestation. “Grounds for Difference is a subtle, original, and comprehensive book.

All the hallmarks of Brubaker’s earlier work, such as the conceptual clarity, the theoretical rigor—grounded in a well-researched and well-informed analysis—the crisp writing style, and the impeccable sociological reasoning are displayed here.

There is a wealth of original ideas developed in this book that requires much careful reading and unpacking.”—Sinisa Maleševic, H-Net Reviews“This is an imposing collection that will be another milestone in the literature of ethnicity and nationalism.”—Christian Joppke, University of Bern