Author Question: Constructivists contend that ethnicity is socially constructed and ethnic pluralism does not ... (Read 35 times)

Capo · **on:** Sep 4, 2018

Constructivists contend that ethnicity is socially

constructed and ethnic pluralism does not necessarily lead to war, a position supported by the fact that in Rwanda,
a. the conflicting groups had no geographical or ethnic differences.
b. the conflicting groups spoke the same language and had the same skin color.
c. the conflicting groups shared the same language and economic status.
d. the conflicting groups did not exist as separate peoples before colonial rule.
e. conflict was motivated by competing languages and economic statuses, not ethnicity.

Question 2

After WWII, nationalism had little effect on Soviet foreign policy, having been supplanted by communist ideology.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false