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 76
... group ratios . Dominant groups tend to grow disproportionately . Individually , there is only a fitness reduction if the circulation of women between groups is asymmetrical , as it almost invariably is . Through the suction of women ...
... group ratios . Dominant groups tend to grow disproportionately . Individually , there is only a fitness reduction if the circulation of women between groups is asymmetrical , as it almost invariably is . Through the suction of women ...
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... groups must initially be in an unequal situation . The more unequal their relative position is , the more of an incentive members of the subor- dinate group have to be accepted into the dominant group . Conversely , if change of group ...
... groups must initially be in an unequal situation . The more unequal their relative position is , the more of an incentive members of the subor- dinate group have to be accepted into the dominant group . Conversely , if change of group ...
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... groups that are highly accultur- ated but unassimilated often are phenotypically distinct from the dom- inant group ( e.g. South African Coloureds and American blacks ) . 2. The greater the cultural similarity between groups , the more ...
... groups that are highly accultur- ated but unassimilated often are phenotypically distinct from the dom- inant group ( e.g. South African Coloureds and American blacks ) . 2. The greater the cultural similarity between groups , the more ...
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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 |