Answer to Question #235655 in Political Science for Momo

Question

Definition of ethics identity theories:
1.Primordialism
2.Constructivism
3.Instrumentalism

Answer 1

1. Primordialism theory postulates ethnicity to be naturally or atleast formed organically through time.

2. Constructivism theory proposes that identity is as a result of person's construction. It perceives ethnic identity to be socially constructed and fluid entity that can be formed thrpugh various ways like conquest , colonization or immigration.

3. Instrumentalalism theory perceives ethnicity in principally rational top-down terms.