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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... racial - caste society . There , strangely , as slavery was abolished , racism — the underlying rationale for slavery — survived . The ideological mystification survived the economic institution . Whites who , for over two centuries ...
... racial - caste society . There , strangely , as slavery was abolished , racism — the underlying rationale for slavery — survived . The ideological mystification survived the economic institution . Whites who , for over two centuries ...
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... racial discrimination in firms under government contracts . The Brown vs the Board of Education decision of the Supreme Court in 1954 reversed the " separate but equal " doctrine which , since the Plessy vs Ferguson decision of 1896 had ...
... racial discrimination in firms under government contracts . The Brown vs the Board of Education decision of the Supreme Court in 1954 reversed the " separate but equal " doctrine which , since the Plessy vs Ferguson decision of 1896 had ...
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... racial " stocks have managed to live in relative harmony . I am not arguing that phenotypic differences preclude peaceful coexistence ; far from it . What I am saying , however , is that the consociational model has never been ...
... racial " stocks have managed to live in relative harmony . I am not arguing that phenotypic differences preclude peaceful coexistence ; far from it . What I am saying , however , is that the consociational model has never been ...
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 |