The Foundations of Ethnic Politics Hardback: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Tapa dura

'Hale's overall discussion maintains a high level of intellectual sophistication. Historians and political scientists will benefit from his thorough research ...' Europe-Asia Studies

'The Foundations of Ethnic Politics improves our understanding of how ethnic identities emerge and become politically activated in the context of national secessionism ... this attribute is highly welcome in the context of a literature that has become highly complacent.' The Journal of Politics

'Henry Hale ... breaks fresh ground in The Foundations of Ethnic Politics, positing a relational theory of ethnicity at the centre of which is an acknowledgement that 'uncertainty reduction is a fundamental human motivation driving the near-universal tendency for humans to divide themselves into groups' (p. 35). ... This is an important book that will shape all future writing on the subject.' Political Studies Review

Henry E. Hale (Ph.D. Harvard University, 1998, born February 5, 1966) is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. His work on ethnic politics, regional integration, democratization, and federalism has appeared in numerous journals, ranging from Comparative Political Studies to Europe-Asia Studies to Orbis. His first book, Why Not Parties in Russia?: Democracy, Federalism and the State (Cambridge University Press, 2006), was selected a winner of the Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award by the Political Organizations and Parties section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). His Divided We Stand (2004) won two awards, including the APSA Qualitative Methods Section's 2005 Alexander L. George Award for best article in qualitative methods. The National Science Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research have funded his research. He has also been the recipient of a Fulbright research scholarship, a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and a Peace Scholarship from the US Institute of Peace.