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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... favor their kin , they further enhance their fitness by fostering not only their own direct reproduction , but also ... favors given and returned — a balance sheet of gifts extended and received . Such book - keeping presupposes , of ...
... favor their kin , they further enhance their fitness by fostering not only their own direct reproduction , but also ... favors given and returned — a balance sheet of gifts extended and received . Such book - keeping presupposes , of ...
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... favor kin because they are kin . This is no answer of course , but a mere restatement of the problem . Besides , we do not always favor kin . Profligate sons are sometimes disinherited , incompetent nephews not hired and so on . Yet ...
... favor kin because they are kin . This is no answer of course , but a mere restatement of the problem . Besides , we do not always favor kin . Profligate sons are sometimes disinherited , incompetent nephews not hired and so on . Yet ...
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... favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races , —that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes , nor of qualifying them to hold office , nor to ...
... favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races , —that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes , nor of qualifying them to hold office , nor to ...
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 |