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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.



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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 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

The Ethnic Phenomenon

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      Publisher ABC-CLIO
      Published 8/19/1987 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780275927097
      978-0275927097
      ISBN-10 0275927091
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      Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents
      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 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

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