Ethnicity

1 Ethnicity is a term that describes a state of belonging to a social group by virtue of its members sharing characteristics such as language, religion, common history, culture, and traditions (Rabushka and Shepsle 3; Miller (2001) 302). These attributes are often central to, although not necessarily exhaustive of, the members’ identity—for example, sexual orientation is an important feature of one’s identity, without falling within the definition of ethnicity. 2 In addition to these, there have been debates whether the term ‘ethnicity’ encapsulates the...