1. Chapter 17 Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict Ethnic Groups The problem of Stateless Nationalities Resolving Ethnic Conflict

2. Ethnic Group Membership is determined by ancestry. Two attributes: 1. Origin myth or history. 2. Ethnic boundary markers.

3. Ethnogenesis Emergence of new ethnic groups 1. Portion of an existing ethnic group splits away and forms a new ethnic group. 2. Members of two or more ethnic groups fuse, forming a new ethnic group.

4. Types of Ethnic Groups Nationality – An ethnic group with a geographical region over which they have exclusive rights. Sub nationality – An ethnic group that sees itself as a dependent and politically subordinate subset of a nationality.

5. Ethnic Conflicts Becoming more common and destructive. There are between 3,000 and 5,000 ethnic nationalities in the world but only 200 separate countries. Most ethnic conflict is the result of minority nationals wanting to establish independent nations.

6. Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Two Historical Solutions 1. Ethnic homogenization of the population through elimination of rival ethnic groups. 2. Political accommodation of ethnic groups.

7. Ethnic Relationships Two reasons why they develop: 1. The dependent ethnic group fills a needed economic service. 2. The dependent ethnic group is so powerless they represent no real threat, economic or political, to the dominant society.