Frank K. Salter

Welfare, Ethnicity and Altruism

New Data and Evolutionary Theory
Herausgeber: Salter, Frank

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Produktbeschreibung

On a related theme, a global survey finds that the most generous foreign aid comes from the most homogenous countries, and that ethnic diversity hinders economic growth in all except a small number of wealthy societies. These results point to profound inconsistencies within ideologies of both left and right regarding ethnicity. The final chapters consider policy implications. At a time of economic globalization and mass migration, can generous and inclusive welfare be saved? Solutions and alternatives are discussed, ranging widely across: multiculturalism at state and international levels; assimilation; secession; ethnic federalism; the Swiss model; the European model; affirmative action (group rights); and strict individualist welfare. This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars: evolutionary biologists; political scientists; sociologists; anthropologists; economists; primatologists; and human ethologists. It breaks new ground in advancing our understanding of multicultural politics, ethnic competition and conflict.

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This work applies the controversial theory of 'Ethnic Nepotism' to the modern welfare state, exposing profound inconsistencies within ideologies of both left and right regarding ethnicity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780714654270
• ISBN-10: 0714654272
• Artikelnr.: 21820712

Autorenporträt

Frank Salter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The symposium target paper in broader context Part 1: Does
Ethnic Heterogeneity Depress Public Altruism in Multi-Ethnic Societies? 1.
Urban Begging and Ethnic Nepotism in Russia: An ethnological pilot study 2.
Ethnic Diversity, Population Size and Charitable Giving at the Local Level
in the United States 3. Ethnic Heterogeneity and Public Spending: Testing
the evolutionary theory of ethnicity with cross-national data 4. An
Exploratory Comparative Study of the Relationship between Ethnic
Heterogeneity and Welfare Politics 5. Reconciling the Differences between
Sanderson's and Vanhanen's Results Part 2: Welfare Broadly Defined 6.
Ethnic Heterogeneity and Economic Growth: Ethnolinguistic diversity,
government and growth7. Ethnic Diversity, Foreign Aid, Economic Growth,
Population Policy, Welfare, Inequality, Conflict and the Costs of
Globalism: A perspective on W. Masters and M. McMillan's findings Part 3:
Explanation and Prediction: Does evolutionary theory help? 8. The Limits of
Chimpanzee Charity: Strategies of meat sharing in communities of wild apes
9. Selfish Cooperation, Loyalty Structures and Proto-Ethnocentrism in
Intergroup Agonistic Behaviour 10. Canadian Welfare Policy and
Ethnopolitics: Toward an evolutionary model 11. Why Welfare States Rise and
Fall: Ethnicity, belief systems, and environmental influences on the
support for public goods Part 4: Ethical and Policy Implications 12.
Ethnicity, the Problem of Differential Altruism, and International
Multiculturalism 13. Affirmative Action and Ethnic Nepotism 14. The
Evolutionary Deficit in Mainstream Political Theory