PoliticsAugust 15, 2026

ethnopolitics

ETH-no-pol-i-tiks

Definition

The study or practice of political processes, structures, and behavior as they relate to specific ethnic groups and their interactions within a state.

Etymology

The word is a hybrid formed from the Greek 'ethnos' (nation, people, or group) and the English 'politics,' which derives from the Greek 'politika' (affairs of the state).

In the news

In the article, the scholar Zhou Ping promotes 'ethnopolitics' as an emerging discipline that demonstrates how Chinese academics are establishing their own 'autonomous' theoretical systems to explain domestic social dynamics.

Institutions Outpace Ideas in ‘Autonomous Knowledge System’

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