The Nature of The Nature of Ethnic RelationsEthnic Relations

Units 2 & 3Units 2 & 3 Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

Stratification: Power and InequalityStratification: Power and InequalityPrejudice and DiscriminationPrejudice and Discrimination Assimilation and PluralismAssimilation and PluralismAmerican Demography and American Demography and

ImmigrationImmigration

Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

What is the nature of inter-group What is the nature of inter-group relations in multiethnic societies?relations in multiethnic societies?

How are the various ethnic groups How are the various ethnic groups ranked and what are consequences of ranked and what are consequences of that ranking system? that ranking system?

How does the dominant group maintain How does the dominant group maintain its place and how do subordinate its place and how do subordinate groups attempt to change that?groups attempt to change that?

What are the long-range outcomes of What are the long-range outcomes of ethnic inter-relations?ethnic inter-relations?

4 Key Questions

Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

Unique cultural Unique cultural TraitsTraits

Sense of Sense of CommunityCommunity

EthnocentrismEthnocentrism Ascribed Ascribed

MembershipMembership TerritorialityTerritoriality

Ethnic Groups

Some Basic ConceptsSome Basic Concepts

As a Biological Notion As a Biological Notion As a Social ConstructAs a Social Construct In the Ideology of In the Ideology of

RacismRacism

Race

Ethnic StratificationEthnic Stratification

Minority GroupsMinority GroupsDifferential TreatmentDifferential TreatmentSocial DefinitionSocial DefinitionDifferential PowerDifferential PowerCategorical NatureCategorical NatureSociological and Numerical Sociological and Numerical

MeaningsMeanings

Dominant GroupsDominant Groups

Political, Economic, and Cultural Political, Economic, and Cultural DominanceDominance

Middleman MinoritiesMiddleman Minorities

Ethnic StratificationEthnic Stratification

ConquestConquest AnnexationAnnexation Voluntary Voluntary

ImmigrationImmigration Involuntary Involuntary

ImmigrationImmigration

Forms of Contact

Ethnic StratificationEthnic Stratification

Lieberson’s ModelLieberson’s Model: : migrant superordination migrant superordination indigenous superordination indigenous superordination

Noel’s ModelNoel’s Model: : nature or initial contact nature or initial contact ethnocentrism ethnocentrism competition for scarce competition for scarce societal resources unequal societal resources unequal distribution of powerdistribution of power

Outcomes of Contact

Ethnic StratificationEthnic Stratification

Pluralistic MinoritiesPluralistic Minorities Assimilationist Assimilationist

MinoritiesMinorities Secessionist MinoritiesSecessionist Minorities Militant MinoritiesMilitant Minorities

Minority Responses to Subordination

Prejudice and Prejudice and DiscriminationDiscrimination

Prejudice Prejudice Stereotypes Stereotypes Social DistanceSocial Distance

DiscriminationDiscrimination Individual Individual Institutional Institutional StructuralStructural

Prejudice and Prejudice and DiscriminationDiscrimination Psychological TheoriesPsychological Theories frustration-aggression frustration-aggression authoritarian authoritarian personalitypersonality

Normative TheoriesNormative Theories socialization socialization reference groups reference groups Merton’s ParadigmMerton’s Paradigm

Power-Conflict TheoriesPower-Conflict Theories economic gain economic gain Marxian Marxian Theory Theory split labor-market theory split labor-market theory political political gaingain