Exam 4: Ethnicity Matters: Experiences: Politics, Identity, and Power, and Experiences

One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

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Question 21

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

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Question 22

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

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Question 23

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21^st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

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Question 24

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

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Question 25

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

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Question 26

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

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Question 27

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

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Question 28

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

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Question 29

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

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Question 30

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

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Question 31

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

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Question 32

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

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Question 33

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

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Question 34

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

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Question 35

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

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Question 36

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

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Question 37

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

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Question 38

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

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Question 39

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

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One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21^st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Relations: Patterns, Paradoxes, Perspectives

The Politics of Race

Racisms and Anti-Racism

Racialized Inequality

Gender Minorities, Gendered Exclusions

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Repairing the Relationship

Immigrants and Immigration

Multiculturalism As Canada-Building Governance

This Adventure Called Canada-Building

Immigrants and Immigration

This Adventure Called Canada-Building

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Exam 4: Ethnicity Matters: Experiences: Politics, Identity, and Power, and Experiences

One of the key challenges for the 21st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Relations: Patterns, Paradoxes, Perspectives

The Politics of Race

Racisms and Anti-Racism

Racialized Inequality

Gender Minorities, Gendered Exclusions

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Repairing the Relationship

Immigrants and Immigration

Multiculturalism As Canada-Building Governance

This Adventure Called Canada-Building

Immigrants and Immigration

This Adventure Called Canada-Building

Filters

One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21^st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?