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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... cultural relativism and determinism that held sway through the 1960s . The political and ideological context of this triumphant cultural determinism was as clear and as evident as that of the social Darwinism of the previous epoch ...
... cultural relativism and determinism that held sway through the 1960s . The political and ideological context of this triumphant cultural determinism was as clear and as evident as that of the social Darwinism of the previous epoch ...
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... cultural pluralism . If two or more ethnic groups have approximately the same relationship to the means of production and an approximately equal access to the structure of power , then no one has much to gain by joining another group ...
... cultural pluralism . If two or more ethnic groups have approximately the same relationship to the means of production and an approximately equal access to the structure of power , then no one has much to gain by joining another group ...
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... cultural groups can also appreciate each other's music , art and other cultural institutions . Classical music concerts or art exhibits in Brussels , for example , are as likely to attract Flemings as Walloons . Brussels as the capital ...
... cultural groups can also appreciate each other's music , art and other cultural institutions . Classical music concerts or art exhibits in Brussels , for example , are as likely to attract Flemings as Walloons . Brussels as the capital ...
Contents
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
References to this book
Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |