Week 11 Terms: Ethnic Politics Flashcards
Primordialism
Way to measure ethnic identity that states that ethnicity is not fluid and is assigned at birth.
Instrumentalism
Way to measure ethnic identity that states that ethnicity is fluid and can be used tactfully for political gain.
Ethnicity
Collective identity based on ascriptive (not chosen) factors
Milosevic
Political leader who rose to power through an intentional manipulation of Serbian national identity to promote nationalism.
Tudjman
idk who this guy is tbh
Tito
Political leader who’s death gave rise to Milosevic to take power.
Descent-Based-Attributes
A factor highlighted in Chandra’s definition of ethnic identity that means that ethnicity is associated with attributes associated with descent.
Identity Categories
Constrained Change
Visibility