Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction: Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration 1
5. Chapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal’s Public Spaces 33
6. Chapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania’s Former Slaves 55
7. Chapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the State 78
8. Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d’Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso 92
9. Chapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town 107
10. Chapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective Identity 126
11. Chapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-Religious Coexistence in Southern Thailand 146
12. Chapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya) and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia) 173
13. Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires 191
14. Epilogue 225
15. Bibliography 233
16. Index 257
17. Integration and Conflict Studies Published in Association with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale 263