The relationship between ethnic and faith communities in the United States and domestic forces relating to a converging and diverging social contract on the one hand, and US foreign, security and military policies in national, regional and global contexts on the other hand, constitutes the key focus of this paper and the ongoing research upon which it is based. Theories related to American ethn...

Ethnic diversity is generally associated with less social capital and lower levels of trust. However, most empirical evidence for this relationship is focused on generalized trust, rather than more theoretically appropriate measures of groupbased trust. This paper instead evaluates the relationship between ethnic diversity – at both national and local levels – and the degree to which coethnics ...

Ethnic conflict remains surprisingly persistent throughout the world. The persistence is particularly surprising in socialist countries, where one might have thought that the narrowing of income gaps between all ethnic groups, the favored investment projects in ethnic minority regions, the official emphasis on equal education and occupational opportunity (often in favor of minority groups), and...

Ethnic identity connects individuals through perceived common past experiences and expectations of shared future ones. Identity is concerned with group judgments and judgments about groups and their motives. This article explores identity through the case of Loyal Order Protestant parades in Northern Ireland and the concepts of psychocultural interpretations (shared, deeply held worldviews foun...

. 12.00 background: studies indicate that becoming a mother is accompanied by prominent physical, social, and psychological changes which can affect not only mother’s psychological healthiness, but also all other aspects of her personal and family life. the purpose of this research was to explore the struggles experienced by iranian first‑time mothers in adapting to their maternal role between ...