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The Allport Contact Hypothesis provides that intergroup solidarity can result when different groups work together on a common project on an equal basis. I explain how economic transactions bring people together in positive relations and so economic relations are a feasible way to utilize the contact hypothesis to reduce prejudice and create solidarity between immigrants and nonimmigrants. For example, immigrants can start businesses in a business incubator that brings them into contact with nonimmigrants through selling their products and services to those nonimmigrants. I also investigate some features that should be in put in place to facilitate immigrants creating their own businesses. I argue that corporate entities would greatly facilitate this process and I outline a model of corporate entities as vehicles for groups to engage in projects. However, some, like David Miller, hold that a robust national identity is the only way to create political stability and that immigrants from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds must be excluded to maintain this political stability. I point out that the nationalist solution to creating social solidarity relies on a conceptually problematic account of national identity that holds that national identity includes elements like a shared culture, a shared history, and a shared connection to a particular geographic territory. There are reasons to think that this type of account of national identity is closer to an account of ethnicity than an account of national identity. An ethnic nationalism is morally problematic as it contends that one can only have solidarity with those who share one’s ethnicity, and could be used to justify discrimination against ethnic minorities. Further, even if this is the correct account of national identity, it does not seem to be the case that a shared culture, a shared history, and a shared connection to a particular geographic territory are necessary or sufficient conditions for social solidarity."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Creating Social Solidarity in a Diverse World by Fostering Economic Relationships"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Muldoon, Ryan","Philosophy"],"dc:creator":["McAndrew, Stephen; 0000-0003-0860-3861"],"dc:date":["2019-07-30T15:11:13Z","2019","2019-05-13 22:41:20"],"dc:description":["Ph.D.","This dissertation argues that solidarity can be created between diverse groups through economic relations. I argue that in a world of increasing cultural and religious diversity, particularly due to immigration, creating the necessary social solidarity for political stability is a pressing problem. 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