To Recognize or Not?

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elisabeth King
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Violent Conflicts ◽  
Better Than

This introductory chapter presents the book’s driving questions, introduces the term “ethnic recognition,” explains the book’s focus on institutions in post-conflict contexts, and lays out the plan of the rest of the book. The book asks: Under what conditions do governments manage internal violent conflicts by formally recognizing different ethnic identities? Moreover, what are the implications for peace? This introduction reviews the book’s theoretical arguments in brief, motivating a focus on ethnic power configurations and especially leaders’ status as minority or non-minority group members as a key condition for both the adoption and effects of recognition. It introduces our mixed-methods approach, then reviews the key findings. Recognition is adopted about 40 percent of the time; it is much more likely when the leader is from the largest ethnic group, as opposed to an ethnic minority; and it generally promotes peace better than non-recognition under plurality leadership.

scholarly journals Comparing the Psychological Well-Being of the Manjo Ethnic Minority with the Non-Manjo Ethnic Group in Kaffa Zone, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Bizuayehu Dengechi Dachachi ◽  
Nigatuwa Worku Woyessa ◽  
Fisseha Mikre Weldmeskel
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Ethnic Minority Group ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Measurement Units ◽  
High Level

This study examined the level of psychological well-being between the Ethnic Minority group, commonly called “Manjo,” and the majority group called “Gomero.” Psychological well-being questionnaires were administered to a sample of 298 (independent sample from both groups). The findings demonstrated that the non-Manjo (Gomero) Ethnic group possessed a considerably high level of psychological well-being. Statistical differences were found in participants’ psychological well-being across Ethnic groups. According to the results, participants from the Manjo Ethnic Minority group had a lower level of psychological well-being (M = 211.27, SD = 17.51) compared to the majority (Gomero). A statistically significant variation in psychological well-being (theoretically embodied across a broad spectrum of measurement units) among the two independent study groups was reflected. 

scholarly journals Authenticity of the Sign: Travels of a Lahu Song1

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2-3) ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Judith Pine
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Material Feature ◽  
Modern Nation State ◽  
Positive Quality

This is a paper about a song which requires rather complex semiotic operations to be Lahu. The Wedding Oath song indexes, in different contexts, a desirable modern quality in a pre-modern society, a connection between an ethnic minority group and the modern state which implies obligations toward that ethnic group, and the positive quality of cosmopolitanism as a characteristic of a modern nation state. The nature of authenticity as a feature of these indexical relationships creates the possibility that one might extend Mendoza-Denton’s (2011) concept of “semiotic hitchhiker” to incorporate a non-material feature of a discursive performance.

Ideology and Voice

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 867-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie D. Vorauer ◽  
Matthew S. Quesnel
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Interaction Partner ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Intergroup Interaction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Group Members

What situational forces might enhance ethnic minority group members’ voice and ability to exert social influence during exchanges with dominant group members? Two experiments involving face-to-face dyadic intergroup interaction examined whether making multiculturalism salient to minority group members would increase the extent to which they persuaded a dominant interaction partner of their own point of view on a series of controversial social issues. Results were consistent with this hypothesis and further indicated that minority group members expressed their own point of view more clearly and directly when multicultural ideology was made salient to them as compared to when it was not, which contributed (marginally) to their heightened persuasiveness. Salient multiculturalism did not have comparable effects on dominant group members’ persuasiveness or clarity of expression. These results raise the possibility that making multicultural ideology salient might set the stage for minority group members to have a stronger voice in intergroup exchanges.

JONATHAN N. LIPMAN, Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China, Studies on Ethnic Groups in China (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997). Pp. 302. $22.50 paper.

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Barfield
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Muslims ◽  
China Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 19Th Century

Chinese Muslims, known today as the Hui and during the 19th century as Dungans, present a particular problem for a historian. Why should Chinese-speaking believers in Islam constitute a separate ethnic group when believers in other religions of foreign origin (Buddhism and Christianity, for example) do not? Did Chinese Muslims have a common history across China, or has one been created for them because they are now labeled an ethnic minority group (minzou) in the People's Republic of China? Jonathan Lipman begins his history by challenging the whole notion of the “Hui” as an ethnic group, which he argues in his Introduction has been taken as an unproblematic category by both Chinese and Western scholars. Lipman prefers the term “Sino-Muslim” to “Hui” to emphasize the reality that these Muslims are and have been Chinese in culture for centuries and to distinguish them from non–Chinese-speaking Muslim groups in China.

scholarly journals Boundaries of American Identity: Relations between Ethnic Group Prototypicality and Policy Attitudes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Que-Lam Huynh ◽  
Thierry Devos
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Instrumental Function ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Policy Attitudes ◽  
Group Members

We sought to document that the extent to which different ethnic groups are perceived as embodying the American identity is more strongly linked to anti-minority policy attitudes and acculturation ideologies among majority group members (European Americans) than among minority group members (Asian Americans or Latino/as). Participants rated 13 attributes of the American identity as they pertain to different ethnic groups, and reported their endorsement of policy attitudes and acculturation ideologies. We found a relative consensus across ethnic groups regarding defining components of the American identity. However, European Americans were perceived as more prototypical of this American identity than ethnic minorities, especially by European American raters. Moreover, for European Americans but not for ethnic minorities, relative ingroup prototypicality was related to anti-minority policy attitudes and acculturation ideologies. These findings suggest that for European Americans, perceptions of ethnic group prototypicality fulfill an instrumental function linked to preserving their group interests and limiting the rights afforded to ethnic minorities.

Stereotypen van etnische minderheden, verbondenheid met de eigen groep, assimilatie en integratie

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneke Vrugt ◽  
Alexis Salin ◽  
Semra Room
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Ethnic Minority Group ◽  
Negative View ◽  
Majority Group ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The Relationship

Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration Stereotypes of ethnic minorities, attachment to their own group, assimilation and integration A. Vrugt, A. Salin & S. Room, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 20, September 2007, nr. 3, pp. 260-271 The present research investigated which stereotypical characteristics Dutch ethnic minority group members, based on their cultural background, attributed to their own social group and to the ethnic Dutch majority. Further it was studied to what extent the assignment of these stereotypical characteristics was related to the attachment to their own group, and whether the attachment to their own group was related to their view on integration and assimilation. The results showed that minority group participants found positive stereotypical features that are derived from collectivistic values, more characteristic of their own group than of the Dutch majority. By contrast, negative stereotypical features, being deviant from collectivistic values, were considered as more characteristic of the majority group. Furthermore, it was found that the minority group participants felt more attached to their own group than did the majority group participants. This attachment was related to the negative stereotypical features that minority group participants regarded as characteristic of the majority. Moreover, this attachment mediated the relationship between negative stereotypical features attributed to the majority and a negative view on assimilation. The implications of these results are discussed.

Salient Multiculturalism Enhances Minority Group Members’ Feelings of Power

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie D. Vorauer ◽  
Matthew S. Quesnel
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Color Blindness ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Intergroup Interaction ◽  
Group Members ◽  
General Goal

The present research examined how messages advocating different intergroup ideologies affect outcomes relevant to minority group members’ ability to exert power in exchanges with dominant group members. We expected that salient multiculturalism would have positive implications for minority group members’ feelings of power by virtue of highlighting essential contributions they make to society, and that no such empowering effect would be evident for them in connection with alternative ideologies such as color-blindness or for dominant group members. Results across four studies involving different participant populations, operationalizations of ideology, ethnic minority groups, and experimental settings were consistent with these hypotheses and further indicated that the effects of salient multiculturalism on feelings of power had downstream implications for expectations of control in an ostensibly upcoming intergroup interaction and general goal-directed cognition.

Minority Perceptions of Whites’ Motives for Responding Without Prejudice

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Major ◽  
Pamela J. Sawyer ◽  
Jonathan W. Kunstman
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Interracial Interactions ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Motivation Scale ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Whites’ nonprejudiced behavior toward racial/ethnic minorities can be attributionally ambiguous for perceivers, who may wonder whether the behavior was motivated by a genuine internal commitment to egalitarianism or was externally motivated by desires to avoid appearing prejudiced to others. This article reports the development of a scale that measures perceptions of Whites’ internal and external motives for avoiding prejudice (Perceived Internal Motivation Scale/Perceived External Motivation Scale [PIMS/PEMS]) and tests of its internal, test–retest, discriminant, convergent, and predictive validity among ethnic minority perceivers. Minorities perceived Whites as having internal and external motives for nonprejudiced behavior that were theoretically consistent with but distinct from established measures of minority-group members’ concerns in interracial interactions. Tests of the predictive validity of PIMS/PEMS showed that when a White evaluator praised the mediocre essay of a minority target, minorities who were high PEMS and low PIMS were most likely to regard the feedback as inauthentic and derogate the quality of the essay.

scholarly journals Diabetes Prevalence Among Racial-Ethnic Minority Group Members With Severe Mental Illness Taking Antipsychotics: Double Jeopardy?

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 843-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Mangurian ◽  
Walker Keenan ◽  
John W. Newcomer ◽  
Eric Vittinghoff ◽  
Jennifer M. Creasman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Ethnic Minority Group ◽  
Diabetes Prevalence ◽  
Double Jeopardy ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Racial Ethnic
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