Question

Racial, ethnic, and religious hostilities perpetuated by the wealthy to divert attention away from their exploitation illustrates the ___________ explanation of ethnic conflict.

Answer 1

Racial, ethnic, and religious hostilities perpetuated by the wealthy to divert attention away from their exploitation illustrates the constructivist explanation of ethnic conflict. Constructivist theory assumes that ethnic identities can change over time, theories of the effect of ethnicity on economic and political outcomes are driven by the primordialist assumption that these identities are fixed.