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Title Welfare, ethnicity, and altruism [electronic resource] : new findings and evolutionary theory / editor, Frank Salter.

Imprint Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2004.

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Description xx, 341 p. : ill.
Series Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity, 1462-9755
Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity.
Note Presents 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Public welfare -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
Altruism -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
Ethnocentrism -- Congresses.
Ethnicity -- Congresses.
Sociobiology -- Congresses.
Multiculturalism -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Salter, Frank K.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0714654299 (cloth)
0714683523 (pbk.)
9780714654270
9780203499757 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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