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 185
... consociationalism is that the cultural pluralism must remain stable ; the ethnies in presence must remain distinct from each other . Ethnies can , of course , assimilate and loose their separate identity and culture , a situation that I ...
... consociationalism is that the cultural pluralism must remain stable ; the ethnies in presence must remain distinct from each other . Ethnies can , of course , assimilate and loose their separate identity and culture , a situation that I ...
Page 193
... Consociationalism works to the extent that the ethnic collectivities are : ( 1 ) not too different from each other to start with ; ( 2 ) united by a multiple network of cross - cutting ties and affiliations ; and ( 3 ) somewhat ...
... Consociationalism works to the extent that the ethnic collectivities are : ( 1 ) not too different from each other to start with ; ( 2 ) united by a multiple network of cross - cutting ties and affiliations ; and ( 3 ) somewhat ...
Page 213
... consociationalism is a solution of last resort ; for Switzerland , it is a convenience ; for Canada , it seems a failure . The cards were deliberately stacked in favor of consociationalism by pick- ing three prosperous and relatively ...
... consociationalism is a solution of last resort ; for Switzerland , it is a convenience ; for Canada , it seems a failure . The cards were deliberately stacked in favor of consociationalism by pick- ing three prosperous and relatively ...
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 |