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Why do ethnic minorities who have been cut out of power choose, in some contexts, to take up arms and, in other contexts, to take to the streets? This question might seem an obvious one to ask, and yet it has rarely been posed in quite these terms – in large part because ethnic politics research has concentrated far more on violent resistance than its nonviolent alternative. We have reams of pages on the roots of ethnic insurgency, violent secessionism, and ethnic civil war but far less on why and how marginalized ethnic groups might mobilize using unarmed strategies of civil resistance. Manuel Vogt's impressive new book makes this point well – and offers a succinct and parsimonious explanation to answer the question of why an ethnic group might choose one path over another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book ``Can We Get Along?' Racial and Ethnic Minorities in America,' by Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart Jr.

A review of the book "Streets of Memory. Landscape, Tolerance, and National Identity in Istanbul," by Amy Mills, is presented.

Reviews several books on cultural minorities in Hungary. Includes 'Studies in Roma (Gypsy) Ethnography,' edited by Zsuzsanna Bodi; 'Ethnography of Romanians in Hungary,' edited by Alexandru Hotopan; 'Ethnography of Slovaks in Hungary,' edited by Anna Divicanova and Ondrej Krupa.

The article reviews the book "Europe's Indians: Producing Racial Difference, 1500-1900," by Vanita Seth.

A review of the book "Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe," edited by Bernd Rechel, is presented.

A review of the book "Civilizing the Margins: Southeast Asian Government Policies for the Development of Minorities," edited by Christopher R. Duncan is presented.

Reviews the book 'The Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel, 1948–2000: A Political Study,' by As'as Ghanem.

Reviews the book 'National Minorities and Citizenship Rights in Lithuania, 1988–93,' by Vesna Popovski.

Reviews the book `The Emancipation of Catholics, Jews and Protestants. Minorities and the Nation State in Nineteenth-Century Europe,' edited by Rainer Liedtke and Stephan Wendehorst.