Optional Unit 8: Culture and Identity Chapter


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19 Racial Patterns and Impacting Factors


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Learning objectives


Syllabus units


Racial characteristics, patterns and


locations Impacts of colonialism and migration on racial patterns and interactions: racism, racial oppression, racial conflict, racial mixing and multi-racial societies. Case Study: Apartheid in South Africa Case Study: Asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland


20 Language and Religion as Cultural Indicators


236 Language groups


The spread of international languages such as English The threat to minority languages The Irish response Case Study: The Welsh language revival The world’s major religions Religion as a cultural indicator The influences of religion on politics Religious conflict Religion as a unifying force


21 State Boundaries, Nationality and Related Problems


256


Physical and political boundaries and their effectiveness


Cultural groups within states Cultural groups without nationality Conflicts between cultural groups and political structures


22 Yugoslavia – the Life and Death of a Culturally Diverse European State


272


Summary of the history of Yugoslavia


Cultural contrasts within Yugoslavia: language, religion, ethnicity, architecture


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