Welfare, Ethnicity and Altruism: New Data and Evolutionary Theory

by Frank Salter

2021-01-01 11:26:05

Welfare, Ethnicity, and Altruismapplies 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 st... Read more
Welfare, Ethnicity, and Altruismapplies 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.
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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.05 in
Print pages368
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date April 21, 2005
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780714683522
Frank Salter is an Australian political scientist who has been a researcher with the Max Planck Society, Andechs, Germany, since 1991....

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