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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... less corruptible than other mortals , nor any less prone to let their wishes and opinions color their perception of reality . The proof of a scientific theory is not in the moral fiber or the ideological orthodoxy of the scientist , but ...
... less corruptible than other mortals , nor any less prone to let their wishes and opinions color their perception of reality . The proof of a scientific theory is not in the moral fiber or the ideological orthodoxy of the scientist , but ...
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... less numerous and less cohesively organized than the Bantu , find it prudent not to antagonize them . Fourth , the Bantu would find the Bambuti elusive and hardly worth the effort to attack since they possess little of value that cannot ...
... less numerous and less cohesively organized than the Bantu , find it prudent not to antagonize them . Fourth , the Bantu would find the Bambuti elusive and hardly worth the effort to attack since they possess little of value that cannot ...
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... less extensive in scope , more or less discriminatory or benign in intent and practice , and more or less imposed by force or achieved by consensus and negotiation . The mere official recognition given by the state and its legal organs ...
... less extensive in scope , more or less discriminatory or benign in intent and practice , and more or less imposed by force or achieved by consensus and negotiation . The mere official recognition given by the state and its legal organs ...
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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 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 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 relatively religious reproductive ruling class Rwanda situation slaves social societies sociobiology South Africa status stigma success Swazi territory trade traditional tropical Tuzi typically United University Press urban villages Western women
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Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights Will Kymlicka No preview available - 1996 |