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13 Cards in this Set
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Geertz
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primordialist
ethnic identity is what is given ethnicity something feel strongly about and are attached too |
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Barth
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boundaries between groups are created not given
people can change ethnic identity becomes and is maintained through relational processes of inclusion and exclusion way define oneself depends on the situation |
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Van Evera
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ethnic identities aren't stamped on genes but are hard to reconstruct once formed
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Gil-White
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reaction to Barth
people innately have primordialist views Mongol study (stamped on genes) change is not only about self-interest identity constrained by social world we live in |
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Chandra
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ethnic identity defined
nominal, activated, descent-based |
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Laitin and Posner
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critique ELF index
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Gellner
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agrarian vs. industrial societies
entropy |
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Weber
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Frenchization
identities change but not by choice (forced by state) railroads, schools, military |
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Andersen
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census, map, museum
institutions influence identities discourse creates ethnic facts |
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Dirks
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India caste is creation of the colonial state
colonizers oversimplified the world they conquered impulse to count people was really about controlling them |
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Laitin
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deep-self identity but many times forced to change that
cascades and tips cost and advantages of learning a new language |
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Bates
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ethnicity is important in societies that are modernizing
ethnic identities are salient because of patronage |
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Chandra
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In India limited access to information
people vote ethnically to access perks candidates run a campaign based on ethnicity to signal to voters that they will do something |
