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Issues in Ethnic Diversity

Category: A-Level Geography

"Ethnic diversity and its impact is significant around the world and forms an important component in the study of human society." (Introduction)

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Topics covered include:

Chapter 1: Primary factors in ethnicity; nationality; language; secondary factors; social ranks; religion; gender.

Chapter 2: Migration; colonialism and colonisation; annexation; Jamaica and the UK.

Chapter 3: Maintaining ethnic diversity; pluralism and segregation; discrimination and violence; Bradford and the Cantle Report.

Chapter 4: The outcomes of ethnic contact; separation; conflict; integration and assimilation; autonomy.

Chapter 5: Ethnic conflict; causes; nature of conflict; outcomes and responses; Cyprus; East Timor.

The Author

Steve Royle, Senior Lecturer in Geography at Queen’s University, Belfast, studied geography at St John’s College, Cambridge and tool a PhD at Leicester. Formerly President of the Geographical Society of Ireland and the Geographical Association (Belfast branch), he serves on the (Irish) National Committee for Geography and the Council of British Geography.

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