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  1. Theory
    1. Designed to explain why a phenomenon exists and how it operates
    2. The diversity of theories to explain the dynamics of ethnic relations

  2. Theories of Ethnic Relations
    1. Assimilation theories
      1. Robert Park and stages of assimilation
        1. competitive phase
        2. accommodation
        3. assimilation
      2. Milton Gordon
        1. cultural assimilation
        2. structural assimilation
          1. marital assimilation
          2. identification assimilation
          3. attitude-receptional assimilation
          4. behavioral-receptional assimilation
          5. civic assimilation
    2. Pluralism theories
      1. Ethnogenesis
    3. Biological theories
      1. Kin selection or inclusive fitness
      2. Reciprocal altruism
      3. Ethny
    4. Psychological Theories
    5. Human ecology theories
    6. Power and stratification theories
      1. Caste theories
      2. Colonialism theories
        1. external colonialism
          1. colonialization complex
            1. forced entry into a territory and its population
            2. alteration or destruction of the indigenous culture and patterns of social organization
            3. domination of the indigenous population by representatives of the invading society
            4. justification of such activities with highly prejudicial, racist beliefs and stereotypes
        2. internal colonialism
      3. Split-labor market theories
      4. Split-class theories
      5. Middleman minority theories

  3. A Unified Theory of Ethnic Relations
    1. Adopting and adapting elements from existing theories
    2. The key variables of the theory
      1. Resource shares of ethnics
      2. Ethnic stratification
      3. Identifiably or distinctiveness of ethnics
      4. Level of discrimination
      5. Social identity
      6. Sense of threat
      7. Relative size of ethnic subpopulations
      8. Entrepreneurial and educational resources of ethnics
      9. Negative beliefs and stereotypes about ethnics
      10. Egalitarian values of the broader society and culture
    3. The mutually reinforcing relations among these variables
    4. The centrality of threat as the fuel behind discrimination

  4. Summary


  5. Points of Debate





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