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 77
... equal in the eyes of the law , subject only to qualifications of age ( e.g. children are dis- franchised ) , mental competence , criminal record and , until recently , sex . The state , at least in principle , does not care whether you ...
... equal in the eyes of the law , subject only to qualifications of age ( e.g. children are dis- franchised ) , mental competence , criminal record and , until recently , sex . The state , at least in principle , does not care whether you ...
Page 173
... equal terms , for most whites those equal terms will mean a drastic reduction of their present standard of living , so drastic in fact that most would probably find it intolerable and choose emigration instead . The edifice of apartheid ...
... equal terms , for most whites those equal terms will mean a drastic reduction of their present standard of living , so drastic in fact that most would probably find it intolerable and choose emigration instead . The edifice of apartheid ...
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... equal access to the structure of power , then no one has much to gain by joining another group . There can be some marginal incentive to become bilingual to facilitate commu- nication , but bilingualism is typically quite limited ( both ...
... equal access to the structure of power , then no one has much to gain by joining another group . There can be some marginal incentive to become bilingual to facilitate commu- nication , but bilingualism is typically quite limited ( both ...
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
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |