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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Page 82
... Consociational democracies " have in common with " liberal democra- cies " that , though made up of several ethnies , the ruling group is a class drawn from several ethnies rather than overwhelmingly from a single ethny . The ruling ...
... Consociational democracies " have in common with " liberal democra- cies " that , though made up of several ethnies , the ruling group is a class drawn from several ethnies rather than overwhelmingly from a single ethny . The ruling ...
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... consociational democracies are typically established between native groups , or , at least , between groups that are several generations away from a conquest situation where one group is appreciably superior in wealth or power ...
... consociational democracies are typically established between native groups , or , at least , between groups that are several generations away from a conquest situation where one group is appreciably superior in wealth or power ...
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... consociationalism also implies ethnic equality , of course . In the last analysis , consociation- alism is based on reciprocity at the ethnic level ( which does not preclude exploitation in class terms ) . CASE STUDIES OF CONSOCIATIONAL ...
... consociationalism also implies ethnic equality , of course . In the last analysis , consociation- alism is based on reciprocity at the ethnic level ( which does not preclude exploitation in class terms ) . CASE STUDIES OF CONSOCIATIONAL ...
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Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
The Biology of Nepotism | 15 |
The Ecology | 37 |
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |