LEADER 03228oam 2200733I 450 001 9910465837503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-49975-1 010 $a1-299-28530-9 010 $a1-135-77233-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203499757 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099663 035 $a(EBL)200933 035 $a(OCoLC)831121503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000905479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11943892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000905479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10926460 035 $a(PQKB)11180636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10670488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459780 035 $a(OCoLC)830639806 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099663 100 $a20180706d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWelfare, ethnicity and altruism $enew findings and evolutionary theory /$feditor, Frank Salter 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cFrank Cass,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aCass series--nationalism and ethnicity,$x1462-9755 300 $aPresents 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. 311 $a0-7146-8352-3 311 $a0-7146-5427-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aWelfare, Ethnicity, and Altruism applies the controversial theory of 'Ethnic Nepotism', first formulated by Irena?us Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Pierre van den Berghe, to the modern welfare state (both are authors in this volume). This theory states that ethnic groups resemble large families whose members are prone to cooperate due to 'kin altruism'. Recent empirical findings in economics and political science offer confirmatory evidence. The book presents two separate studies that compare welfare expenditures around the world, both indicating that the more ethnically mixed a population become 410 0$aCass series--nationalism and ethnicity. 606 $aPublic welfare$vCross-cultural studies$vCongresses 606 $aAltruism$vCross-cultural studies$vCongresses 606 $aEthnocentrism$vCongresses 606 $aEthnicity$vCongresses 606 $aSociobiology$vCongresses 606 $aMulticulturalism$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aAltruism 615 0$aEthnocentrism 615 0$aEthnicity 615 0$aSociobiology 615 0$aMulticulturalism 676 $a361.6/5 701 $aSalter$b Frank K$0961552 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465837503321 996 $aWelfare, ethnicity and altruism$92180052 997 $aUNINA