03228oam 2200733I 450 991046583750332120200520144314.00-203-49975-11-299-28530-91-135-77233-910.4324/9780203499757 (CKB)2560000000099663(EBL)200933(OCoLC)831121503(SSID)ssj0000905479(PQKBManifestationID)11943892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905479(PQKBWorkID)10926460(PQKB)11180636(MiAaPQ)EBC200933(Au-PeEL)EBL200933(CaPaEBR)ebr10670488(CaONFJC)MIL459780(OCoLC)830639806(EXLCZ)99256000000009966320180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWelfare, ethnicity and altruism new findings and evolutionary theory /editor, Frank SalterLondon ;Portland, Or. :Frank Cass,2003.1 online resource (354 p.)Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity,1462-9755Presents findings based on the symposium "Welfare, Ethnicity, and Altruism: Bringing in Evolutionary Theory," hosted by the Werner Reimers Foundation in Bad Homburg, Germany, 10-13 February 1999.0-7146-8352-3 0-7146-5427-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Does ethnic heterogeneity depress public altruism in multi-ethnic societies? -- pt. II. Welfare broadly defined : ethnic heterogeity and economic growth -- pt. III. Explanation and prediction : does evolutionary theory help? -- pt. IV. Ethical and policy implications.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 becomeCass series--nationalism and ethnicity.Public welfareCross-cultural studiesCongressesAltruismCross-cultural studiesCongressesEthnocentrismCongressesEthnicityCongressesSociobiologyCongressesMulticulturalismCongressesElectronic books.Public welfareAltruismEthnocentrismEthnicitySociobiologyMulticulturalism361.6/5Salter Frank K961552MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465837503321Welfare, ethnicity and altruism2180052UNINA