The Ethnic Phenomenon
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780313390203
Subjects: Social Science
Description: 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.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Theories and Ideologies of Ethnic Relations; I. AN EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK; II. SOME RECURRENT SITUATIONS; III. THE FORMATION, PERSISTENCE AND DEMISE OF ETHNICITY; Bibliography; Index.