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Ethnicity and Self-Determination: A Paradigm

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In order to appreciate the current, multi-faceted relationship between ethnicity and demands for self-determination, it is important to understand the changes in the social scientific concept of ethnicity which have ensued from modern developments in transportation, telecommunication, and international migration — developments which have brought into firsthand contact members of formerly isolated enthnocultural groups.

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  1. Evelyn Kallen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Donald Clark LLB (London), LLB (Cambridge) (Visiting Fellow, professor of law) (Visiting Fellow, professor of law)

  2. University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    Donald Clark LLB (London), LLB (Cambridge) (Visiting Fellow, professor of law) (Visiting Fellow, professor of law)

  3. University of Saskatchewan’s International Committee, Canada

    Robert Williamson CM, PhD (Uppsala) (Chairman, Member of the Northern Studies Committee) (Chairman, Member of the Northern Studies Committee)

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© 1996 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Kallen, E. (1996). Ethnicity and Self-Determination: A Paradigm. In: Clark, D., Williamson, R. (eds) Self-Determination. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24918-3_6

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