Ethnic Phenomenon

Name: Ethnic Phenomenon
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ISBN: 9780275927097

ISBN-10: 0275927091

ISBN-13: 9780275927097

Edition: N/A

Authors: Pierre Van Den Berghe

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Van den Berghe contends that intergroup relations are reducible to individuals competing for scarce resources. While social classes are grouped according to common material interests, ethnic groups are organized by real or punitive common descent--ultimately on the basis of common interests. The author argues that ethnic nepotism is, at its very foundation, biological. This new approach is expanded further, taking into account how ethnicity is responsive to a wide spectrum of environmental factors. He analytically relates his own ideological biases to the substance of his work. What results is an intensely personal book of monumental scope and admirable intellectual honesty.

Book details

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/19/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Theories and Ideologies of Ethnic Relations An Explanatory Framework Ethnicity as Kin Selection: The Biology of Nepotism Ethnicity and Resource Competition: The Ecology of Territoriality and Specialization Ethnicity and Coercion: The Politics of Hierarchy Some Recurrent Situations Colonial Empires S lavery M iddleman Minorities Caste Consociationalism Assimilation


The Formation, Persistence and Demise of Ethnicity Ethnicity and Other Bases of Sociality


The Dynamics of Ethnicity


Bibliography


Index