Democracy and Ethnography

Carol J. Greenhouse is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University at Bloomington. She is the author of Praying for Justice: Faith, Hope and Community in an American Town and A Moment's Notice: Time Politics Across Cultures, and coauthor (with Barbara Yngvesson and David Engel) of Law and Community in Three American Towns.

• Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Ethnography of Democracy and DifferenceCarol J. Greenhouse and Davydd J. Greenwood Part I Diversity and Equality in Liberal Debate 2. Diversity as American Cultural CategoryHervé Varenne 3. The Hypervisible and the Masked: Some Thoughts on the Mutual Embeddedness of "Race" and "Class" in the United States NowDaniel A. Segal 4. Democracy and Cultural Difference in the Spanish Constitution of 1978Jesús Prieto de Pedro 5. Disorderly Differences: Recognition, Accommodation, and American LawAustin Sarat and Roger Berkowitz Part II The Making of Official Discourses of Identity 6. American Ethnogenesis and the 1990 CensusDvora Yanow 7. Difference from the People's Point of ViewJosé Antonio Fernández de Rota Monter 8. Porous Borders: Discourses of Difference in Congressional Hearings on ImmigrationPhyllis Pease Chock 9. To Be Basque and to Live in Basque Country: The Inequalities of DifferenceJesús Azcona 10. Acceptable Difference: The Cultural Evolution of the Model Ethnic American CitizenBonnie Urciuoli Part III Official Discourses and Professional Practice 11. The Role of Folklore and Popular Culture in the Construction of Difference in SpainHonorio M. Velasco 12. Linguistic Constructions of Difference and History in the U.S. Law School ClassroomElizabeth Mertz 13. From Ethnography to Clinical Practice in the Construction of the Contemporary StateJosep M. Comelles References About the Authors Index

"In exploring the official constructions of cultural diversity in the United States and Spain, this book makes a valuable contribution to debates on multicultural policies in liberal democratic states. It brings anthropological insights on classification to bear on the pressing issues of affirmative action, immigration quotas, education, and the political organization of difference." — John Borneman, Cornell University"How do democracies deal with difference? This intriguing, provocative collection of essays explores how democracies accommodate the tensions between equality and diversity through a comparison of the United States and Spain. It is essential reading for scholars concerned with the challenges and dilemmas posed by multicultural societies within democratic states." — Sally Engle Merry, Wellesley College