POLS 243 Study Guide - Final Guide: Exogamy, Acculturation, Mechanical Equilibrium

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 243
• Professor: John Mc Garry

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Pols 243: exam summaries: week #6: conflict elimination: assimilation. Assimilation: single national identity and culture constructed through state policy, different from acculturation. Integration: common culture created in the public sphere, provisions and protections in private sphere tolerance of private. Completely common culture not necessary for common diversity national identity. Normatively acceptable: more so than other methods: eg. more accepted than genocide. Perceived to promote economic functionality and mobility of the labour market. Homogeneity as key to unity within a state. Perceived to promote equality/non-discrimination your pray to the gods of the prince. Common language, names and histories: sometimes coercively enforced. Common religion: 1555 ausburg treaty (cid:498)cuius regio, eius religio(cid:499) . Banning difference promoters enemies of state. Transferring children of groups assimilation in schools or new families. Privatising reserves primarily north american practice: electoral systems undermining minority parties. Assimilating immigrants: mostly works: immigrants usually willing to assimilate, easier for some groups than other.