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Book SynopsisVan 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.
Table of ContentsPreface 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 Slavery Middleman Minorities Caste Consociationalism Assimilation
The Formation, Persistence and Demise of Ethnicity Ethnicity and Other Bases of Sociality The Dynamics of Ethnicity Bibliography Index
