The Ethnic PhenomenonA gem of a book for scholars in race and ethnic relations and sociobiology. . . . Van den Berghe analyzes various forms that race and ethnic relations have displayed including colonial empires, slavery, middleman minorities, caste systems, and assimilation. The causes and consequences of these systems are brilliantly teased out employing historical and crosscultural examples. Libraries with any work at all on race and ethnic relations or sociobiology should acquire this book. Choice |
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... Rwanda . RWANDA Rwanda is about twice the size of Swaziland ( 26,000 km2 ) and its population of three million is about ten times bigger , giving it an extremely high pop- ulation density for tropical highlands ( about 115 inhabitants ...
... Rwanda . RWANDA Rwanda is about twice the size of Swaziland ( 26,000 km2 ) and its population of three million is about ten times bigger , giving it an extremely high pop- ulation density for tropical highlands ( about 115 inhabitants ...
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... Rwanda clearly lacks is nationhood . Rwanda is a sharply hierarchized society divided into three quasicaste groups : the dominant Tuzi who , until the revolution of the early 1960s , made up some 17 % of the population , the Hutu ...
... Rwanda clearly lacks is nationhood . Rwanda is a sharply hierarchized society divided into three quasicaste groups : the dominant Tuzi who , until the revolution of the early 1960s , made up some 17 % of the population , the Hutu ...
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... Rwanda has been completely bro- ken , and most Tuzi are in exile . As a counterpoint to the grim story of Rwanda , independence in Burundi ( another Tuzi - dominated kingdom to the south of Rwanda ) was also accompanied by a genocidal ...
... Rwanda has been completely bro- ken , and most Tuzi are in exile . As a counterpoint to the grim story of Rwanda , independence in Burundi ( another Tuzi - dominated kingdom to the south of Rwanda ) was also accompanied by a genocidal ...
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Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
The Biology of Nepotism | 15 |
The Ecology | 37 |
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19th century acculturation African Afrikaners American animals apartheid Arab Ashkenazim Asians assimilation Bambuti Bantu basic became become behavior Belgian Belgium Berghe bilingual biological blacks British capitalist chattel slavery clans class and ethnicity colonial common complex conflict conquered conquest consociational consociational democracies consociationalism countries created culture democracy descent developed distinct dominant E. O. Wilson ecological economic elite especially ethnic groups ethnic relations European example exploitation extended favor Flemish French Fulani genes genetic hapu Hausa hierarchy human Hutu ideology immigrants inclusive fitness Indian individual Israel Jews kin selection kinship Kuper labor language linguistic live male million minority multiethnic nation native nepotism organization pariah phenotypically plantation pluralism political polygyny population production Québec race racial racism relationship relatively religious reproductive ruling class Rwanda situation slaves social societies sociobiology South Africa status stigma success Swazi territory trade traditional tropical Tuzi typically United urban villages women
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |