POLI 324 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: De Jure, Moral Hazard, Advantageous
11 Apr 2017
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Social diversity a prominent generator of political difference. A community of people who have the conviction that they have a common identity and common fate based on issues of origin, kinship ties, radiations, cultural uniqueness, a shared history and possibly a shared language. Becomes pronounced and political when they are used to distinguish one social group or another in a specific territory. A sentient expressed by both majority and minority populations. Social pluralism will result in differences of interest, engine of politics itself. Primordialist explanation sees african tribes as something left over from pre-colonial past, and will disappear when africans develop a national consciousness. Ethnic groups an important art of social organisation because they continue to serve contemporary social, political, and economic needs. African tribe are modern social constructions, no earlier than the late 19th c, gained importance. Few african communities could be defined as tribe prior to colonialism.
