Welfare, Ethnicity and Altruism

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ethnic diversity welfare state outcomes
Ethnic Heterogeneity
Ethnic Nepotism
ethnolinguistic diversity effects
evolutionary social science
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Independent
Inter Group Aggression
intergroup cooperation
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Meat Sharing
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Payments
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Public Altruism
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Real Gdp
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redistribution policy analysis
selection
social identity theory
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Welfare Spending

Product details

  • ISBN 9780714683522
  • Weight: 680g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Feb 2004
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Welfare, Ethnicity, and Altruism applies the controversial theory of 'Ethnic Nepotism', first formulated by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Pierre van den Berghe, to the modern welfare state (both are authors in this volume). This theory states that ethnic groups resemble large families whose members are prone to cooperate due to 'kin altruism'. Recent empirical findings in economics and political science offer confirmatory evidence. The book presents two separate studies that compare welfare expenditures around the world, both indicating that the more ethnically mixed a population becomes, the greater is its resistance to redistributive policies. These results point to profound inconsistencies within ideologies of both left and right regarding ethnicity.