POL 2104 Lecture Notes - False Consciousness

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Pol 2104 c - intro to comparative politics - emily regan wills - 17 mar. What is ethnicity: [e]thnicity as a term designates a sense of collective belonging, which could be based on common descent, language, history, culture, race or religion (or some combination of these). (varshney 2) A multi-ethnic nation is possible (section 1. 1, p. 2). Instead, these categories are constituted by politics, and by the particular historical processes that have organized access to power in ways that forge boundaries of exclusion and selective inclusion. (3) You can"t assume there"s a natural way in that ethnicity appears in cultural differences. More aggressively constructivist approach, not totally incompatible with varshney"s view, just different. Conflict & violence: he says ethnic conflict & ethnic violence are not the same thing, & do not reduce to each other, conflict may be inevitable; violence is not.

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