Ethnic groups and political identities
Ethnic groups - Establishing Political Identities In this essay we will learn, To define ethnicity Approaches to mainstream ethnic groups and their effects Factors that give rise to identity consciousness and Demands of ethnic groups The term "ethnic group" is generally used to designate a population which is biologically self-perpetuating, shares fundamental cultural values, realized in overt unity in cultural forms, makes up a field of communication and interaction and has a membership which identifies itself, and is identified by others as constituting a category distinguishable from other categories of the same order. Ethnic group is composed of "primordial affinities and attachments". In the given social context, groups consciously choose to emphasize their most meaningful primary, extra familial identity on the basis of religious, racial, cultural, linguistic, national characteristics, or a combination of any of them, are referred to as ethnic groups. ...