POLI 361 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Primordialism, Chewa People, Relational Model
10 Dec 2018
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Inherited at birth, fixed, universal, therefore is natural and has shared culture. Traits are innate, culture is inherent, it is all natural and genetic. Here, there are multiple ethnicities tied in together, and these things can change. There not necesserily cultural homogeny, and it"s not natural. Altho inherited at birth, it may appear to be but actually isn"t: fixed, universal, natural thus: is durable, and is shared or appares to be shared, and is not natural instrum:moci. Motiations here are what drives differences, economic and political power is what people want, thus organize and change in accordance to this, to gain more influenc and presence. Give two reasons why. (2 points: define nested cleavage and explain how it relates to instrumentalist conceptions of ethnicity. (2 points) Nested is when there are exclusive identities organized into different groups. Take, the example of chewas and tumbukas in zambia.
