2.4 The Role of Politics in Defining Ethnic Identity Musau (2007) progresses the idea that ethnicity is not a bad thing in itself since it is the acknowledgement of a people’s right to be diverse. Furthermore‚ when such an acknowledgement is escorted with an exclusion of others who do not fall into that group there is a big problem. Such as‚ once an ethnic group takes over the state power‚ it arranges itself in a way that propagates its control of power in order to pursue the interests of the ethnic
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Boxer‚ “Manipulating Meaning” (in C&C) Keenan‚ “Norm Makers‚ Norm Breakers” (on blackboard) Wright‚ “Politicization of Culture” (on blackboard) Guneratne and Bjork‚ “Village Walks” (in C&C) “Kinship and Family” (intro to section five in C&C) “Identity‚ Roles and Groups” (intro to section six in C&C) Lugu Lake Mosuo Cultural Development Association (www.mosuoproject.org)‚ “Matriarchal/Matrilineal” and “Walking Marriage” Hand-Out‚ Questions/Responses about Mosuo of Lake Lugu (on blackboard)
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Restorative Justice Restorative Justice is the concept that is described as focusing on the needs of the victims‚ offenders‚ and community to obtain restitution and restore workable relations. We were able to see restorative justice in action through the film “As We Forgive”. Prior to the watching the film‚ I had an understand of what this term meant. The offender has to take the responsibility of asking for forgiveness from those he has hurt. The victim then must being willing to allow the offender
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leader Pol Pot rose to power and sought to enhance society by executing his road to utopia‚ communism. Eliminating outside influences was the tool to achieve it. Pol Pot formed the Khmer Rouge army‚ and killed 2 million people. Later‚ in Rwanda the Hutu
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Bryan Ramirez Mrs. Burton English 10 Honors 25 March 2012 Extermination in Genocide All genocides that have occurred in human history include various stages that are usually present; however‚ extermination‚ the 7th stage of genocide‚ is one that is present in all genocides. From the Armenian genocide and Darfur genocide‚ to the Rwandan and Jewish genocides‚ extermination is ever present in all of these. Extermination is explained to be mass killings of people‚ which
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jacob stevens P R I S O N S O F T H E S TAT E L E S S The Derelictions of UNHCR T here are currently over 20 million people ‘of concern’ to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Just over half of those are internally displaced or stateless‚ with 8 million having fled across an international border. Established in 1950‚ unhcr was charged by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with the protection of their interests: full political and economic rights in
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DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems
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Tope Oyerinde Mr. S. Thomas CHY 4U1 Dec 19th 2012 The United Nations Mandate and its Future As long as civilizations have existed on the Earth the issue of war and peace has always been at the forefront of how different cultures and societies interact with one another. As warfare became more advanced technologically‚ the ability to cause more death and devastation increased exponentially. Never was this more evident than at the aftermath of World War Two; with over 60 million people
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THE MEDIA AND NATION BUILDING Presentation to “National Dialogue on Media Development” By Brig Gen Richard Rutatina (Jtcc‚ psc‚ fwc‚ MB‚ChB‚(MUK)‚ MA‚ Intern.Affrs.(U.of Gha.)‚ MSC‚ Strat.Studies.(Ibadan)‚ MSC‚ Glob.Secty.(Cranfield) Defence and security Advisor TO H.E. THE PRESIDENT Introduction Nation building an on-going process for any country‚ not limited to the developing countries or post-conflict and post-colonial countries. An imperative for all countries that need to survive
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I. INTRODUCTION “The most horrible and systematic human massacre we have had occasion to witness since the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis” Undoubtedly‚ the atrocities in Rwanda almost 16years ago are still considered one of the United Nations’ Security Council’s greatest shortcomings. Since then‚ so many questions have been raised on their failure to prevent the slaughter of countless victims in what is considered a major genocide in the 20th Century. Despite the fact that part
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