Political Tension and Polarization (1990–2000)

2017 ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Donna Maria Moses
Keyword(s):  
Political Tension

Demographically induced land fractals and political tension

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitar Dimitrov ◽  
Victor Dorofeenko ◽  
Yuri Tegorov
Keyword(s):  
Political Tension

scholarly journals Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Times Of Tension: An Evidence from Interethnic Relation Developed in Stella Maris Credit Union Pontianak, West Kalimantan

Al-Albab ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Alanuari Alanuari ◽  
Mohammad Iqbal Ahnaf
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Credit Union ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
Ethnic Tension

This paper begins by questioning the sustainability of civic engagement with the notion of ‘social capital’ as the key concept of Peace and Conflict Studies. The main question is: to what extent does socio-political tension affect forms of civic engagement? This paper examines interethnic relations (Dayak, Malay, Chinese, and Javanese) developed in the Stella Maris Credit Union (SMCU) in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia under the context of ethnic tension. SMCU is a microfinance association where people with various backgrounds (religion, race, and ethnicity) interact in an economic community, sharing benefits and values. In the beginning, SMCU was initiated as an economic program of Stella Maris Catholic Church in North Pontianak. This church did not only serve the church members, but also for all ethnicities and religions through Pontianak. As a site drastically impacted by ethnic conflict in the post-Suharto era, Pontianak recently has been growing as a city of ethnic diversity. However, the recent rise of ethnic tension has contested this growing multiethnic coexistence. It is important to see the strength of civic engagement in responding to issues of conflict in a multiethnic society. This study explores SMCU members and their personal experiences, wondering whether the tension may or may not affect the forms of civic engagement. It argues civic engagement can sustain under the moment of socio-political tension. Developing economy and peace education are the main reasons for interethnic relations among SMCU members. Moreover, although there are treats for the plural society, experiencing diversity in the form of associational and neighborhood relations contributes to social coexistence. This study finds that forms of civic engagement among the members shape expressions and attitudes of resilience in facing social tension.

scholarly journals Democratic ideals and the Nigerian state: what hope for the future

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Tamunosiki V. Ogan
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Internal Colonialism ◽  
The Core ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
The Future ◽  
Practice Standard ◽  
Democratic Ideals

An analysis of the principles of democracy was carried out. The objective was to delineate the extent to which the Nigerian state is democratic and how its current democratic ideals could impact on its future existence as a state. The method adopted for the study was that of content analysis, which involved conceptual and historical analyses of textual data. It was discovered from historical data that the Nigerian state runs a system of government, which promotes internal colonialism of the minority groups by the major ones. This political imbalance was shown to create social and political tension, where the peripheral groups were hostile to the core regions. It was recommended in the study that if the Nigerian state is to subsist in the future, then it has to restructure its political institutions to promote true federalism as well as imbibe and practice standard democratic ideals.Keywords: Democratic ideal, Nigeria, Hope, Future

scholarly journals Aboriginal Self-Government and the Construction of Canadian Constitutional Identity

1969 ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Asch
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Collective Rights ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
The Right ◽  
Constitutional Identity

In this article, the author examines the need for constitutional recognition and protection of the political collective rights of minority groups in Canada, particularly those of Aboriginal nations. The author asserts that Canada's present constitutional approach to minority collective rights is one of "indirect consociation," an approach which embraces the ideology of "universalism" and does not expressly recognize or protect minority ethnonational communities. This is ineffective as it generates political instability. He examines both Canadian constitutional thinking as well as the thoughts of Aboriginal nations on the right to self-government and discusses the conflicting theories behind each position. Finally, the author suggests that the solution to resolving this conflict between minority and majority political rights is for Canada to adopt a "direct consociation" approach. This approach would recognize expressly and protect the political rights of Aboriginal nations and other minorities, based on the concept of equality, as opposed to continuing colonialist or assimilationist approaches which only serve to heighten inequality and political tension.

1780–1820 Southey’s New Star Chamber: Literature, Revolution, and Romantic-Era Libel

2019 ◽  
pp. 221-282
Author(s):  
Thomas Keymer
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Napoleonic Wars ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Romantic Period ◽  
Robert Southey ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Star Chamber ◽  
William Cobbett

Phases of high political tension during the Romantic period, notably under Pitt after the French Revolution and under Liverpool following the Napoleonic Wars, indicate the ongoing importance, and sometimes the severity, of press control between 1780 and 1820. But control was becoming more difficult in practice, and the consequences for poetry and other literary genres are sometimes overstated at a time when the overwhelming priority for the authorities was cheap (or worse, free) radical print. This chapter surveys key cases of prosecution and/or pillorying across the period (Daniel Isaac Eaton, Walter Cox, William Hone, William Cobbett), and argues that the writers now central to the Romantic canon were relatively unaffected. The striking exception is Robert Southey, whose incendiary Wat Tyler, which embarrassingly emerged at the height of Southey’s Tory pomp two decades later, is newly contextualized and interpreted.

Health Care in Poland: From Crisis to Crisis

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Frances Millard
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
The Political ◽  
Heavy Industry ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Organizational Reform ◽  
Political Tension

During its first twenty years the Polish health service represented a neglected sector of government activity, as the development of heavy industry remained the predominant economic goal, with social policy regarded as a “nonproductive” sphere. When Edward Gierek came to power in 1970, the promise of reform extended throughout society to include health. However, despite a fundamental organizational reform, the health service has remained in a state of crisis, currently worsening as a result of mounting economic dislocation and political tension. Inadequate access to treatment, lack of continuity of care, poor quality of care, profound shortages of drugs and supplies, and the absence of preventive medicine are some of the manifestations of this crisis. Its main causes lie in the political weakness of the Ministry of Health, with consequent underfunding and the nonfulfillment of its plans. This situation is exacerbated by continuing organizational fragmentation, the neglect of primary care, the existence of conflicting aims in health policy, and the dominance of an ideology of clinical specialism.

scholarly journals Die moderne belydenisbeweging in Suid-Afrika - en Calvyn

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. Jonker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The People ◽  
Political Tension

Starting with the Barmen Declaration of 1934, a new desire to confess the Christian faith in situations of political tension erupted worldwide, resulting in the formulation of new confessional statements. In South Africa a number of declarations and testimonies emanated from the struggle against apartheid. Not all these confessional statements had the same character and impact. The author of this article concentrates on the three most important documents which may have been influenced by Barmen: The Message to the People of South Africa (1968), the Belhar Confession (1982) and the Kairos Document (1985/6. He also refers to several other statements, including the document Geloof en protes (1987), which subscribes to apartheid as a matter of faith. The author concludes with a few critical remarks from a Calvinist point of view.

The United States and Asia in 2008: A Time of Challenge

Asian Survey ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Scalapino
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Taiwan Straits

The Asian-Pacific scene at present is marked by turbulent economic conditions and varying degrees of political instability, yet foreign relations are relatively favorable. Two key issues in Northeast Asia——North Korean nuclearization and cross-Taiwan Straits relations——remain unresolved, but current trends are generally hopeful. In Southeast and South Asia, conditions have been marked by economic decline stemming from the domestic scene and prominent cases of political tension. Yet, the risk of a war between Asian-Pacific states is at a record low.

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