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
... citizens purely on an individual basis . They dis- tinguish between citizens and foreigners , but all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law , subject only to qualifications of age ( e.g. children are dis- franchised ) , mental ...
... citizens purely on an individual basis . They dis- tinguish between citizens and foreigners , but all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law , subject only to qualifications of age ( e.g. children are dis- franchised ) , mental ...
Page 82
... citizens by ethnic affiliation , and grant each group a special legal status . Indeed , they go a long way in forcing everybody to fit willy - nilly into one of the cells of the multiethnic mold . Most states that embark on such an ...
... citizens by ethnic affiliation , and grant each group a special legal status . Indeed , they go a long way in forcing everybody to fit willy - nilly into one of the cells of the multiethnic mold . Most states that embark on such an ...
Page 225
... citizens and assimilate . Within the large European contingent a clear dichotomy was made be- tween " honorary " WASPs ; i.e. Germanic and Anglo Saxon northwestern Europeans and all others , and this invidious dichotomy was clearly em ...
... citizens and assimilate . Within the large European contingent a clear dichotomy was made be- tween " honorary " WASPs ; i.e. Germanic and Anglo Saxon northwestern Europeans and all others , and this invidious dichotomy was clearly em ...
Contents
Theories and Ideologies | 1 |
The Biology of Nepotism | 15 |
The Ecology | 37 |
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |