Trickledown politics: Do excluded ethnic groups benefit from non-violent national resistance campaigns?

2021 ◽  
pp. 073889422110459
Author(s):  
Brandon Ives

When do excluded ethnic groups obtain more political inclusion? Scholarship demonstrates that ethnic minority-based behavior is consequential for more inclusion. Yet we know little of the consequences of national resistance campaigns for ethnic minorities. Building on literature identifying non-violent national resistance (NVR) campaigns as consequential for outcomes such as democracy, this article identifies non-violent tactic use as key to understanding when national resistance campaigns trickle down to benefit excluded ethnic groups. It establishes empirically that an excluded ethnic group whose country experiences an NVR campaign has a higher probability of more political inclusion.

Author(s):  
Nguyen Duy Dung

New rural construction is one of the key tasks identified by the Party and State as the national target program until 2020. Many documents of the Party and the State have been issued expressing political will to implement the tasks of building new rural areas, over 6 years of implementation, the National Target Program for new rural construction has achieved certain achievements, the appearance of rural areas of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas has gradually changed dramatically, contributing significantly to promoting socio-economic and cultural development. Many provinces and cities throughout the whole country have built some new rural models that meet nineteen criterias and arrive on time.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2129
Author(s):  
Fei Zhao ◽  
Lu Song ◽  
Zhiyan Peng ◽  
Jianqin Yang ◽  
Guize Luan ◽  
...  

Using toponym data, population data, and night-time light data, we visualized the development index of the Yi, Wa, Zhuang, Naxi, Hani, and Dai ethnic groups on ArcGIS as well as the distribution of 25 ethnic minorities in the study area. First, we extracted the toponym data of 25 ethnic minorities in the study area, combined with night-time light data and the population proportion data of each ethnic group, then we obtained the development index of each ethnic group in the study area. We compared the development indexes of the Yi, Wa, Zhuang, Naxi, Hani, and Dai ethnic groups with higher development indexes. The results show that the Yi nationality’s development index was the highest, reaching 28.86 (with two decimal places), and the Dai nationality’s development index was the lowest (15.22). The areas with the highest minority development index were concentrated in the core area of the minority development, and the size varied with the minority’s distance. According to the distribution of ethnic minorities, we found that the Yi ethnic group was distributed in almost the entire study area, while other ethnic minorities had obvious geographical distribution characteristics, and there were multiple ethnic minorities living together. This research is of great significance to the cultural protection of ethnic minorities, the development of ethnic minorities, and the remote sensing mapping of lights at night.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Thi Cuong ◽  
Nguyen Xuan Te

Kon Tum is not only a countryside with many revolutionary traditions but also a land of multi-ethnic cultural identities with 28 ethnic groups living together, in which ethnic minorities account for over 53% with 7 ethnic groups in the locality, including Xo Dang, Ba Na, Gia Rai, Gie Trieng, Brau, Ro Mam, Hre (Hre) [2, p.1]. Each ethnic group has its own traditional cultural identity, which has been handed down through generations. Cultural values such as language, writing, festivals, architecture, traditional costumes, etc. create the unique value of each community, are the link that connects each individual in the community, and also are the door to exchange, develop and integrate with other communities. Ba Na ethnic culture is an important component in the rich Kon Tum culture, imbued with national identity. Through the process of researching and surveying the opinions of artisans, village elders and experts on the Ba Na ethnic group in Kon Tum province, we found that the culture of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands in general and Ba Na ethnic group in Kon Tum province has the basic characteristics of forest culture, upland farming culture, and gong culture. Those characteristics have created the unique and the charming in their traditional culture. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0871/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 05004
Author(s):  
Thanh Hang Pham ◽  
Ekaterina Nikolaeva

India is a country with diverse ethnic groups. To ensure special rights and benefits for ethnic minority groups aim at the sustainable development of the ethnic groups, the Indian Government has regulations on preferential treatment in terms of policies, capital provision, education and employment opportunities included in its Constitution. In addition to providing legal protection to minorities in the Constitution, the Government also implements national projects to promote socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas, establishing various agencies to manage issues of the groups. These are useful recommendations for Vietnam in ensuring the rights of ethnic minorities. In this article, the author will focus on clarifying the basic contents of Indian Government for ensuring the rights of ethnic minority groups and drawing some policy suggestions for Vietnam.


Author(s):  
Tran Trung ◽  
Luong Thi Tinh ◽  
Nguyen Thi Huong

Vietnam is a unified country of 54 ethnic groups, including 53 ethnic minorities (EMs). As most of the EMs reside in massive strategic areas; play an important rolein politics, economics, national defense - security and ecological environment, the Party and the Government pay the utmost attention to ethnic minority (EM) issues and EM policies. This paper presents the actual status of the EM policy system, solutions to improve the efficiency of EM policy formulation and implementation. The information will be used for orienting EM policies which support state management and studies on EM affairs today.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Gruer ◽  
F Stanaway ◽  
R Bhopal

Abstract Background With growing numbers of migrants worldwide, accurate data are needed to assess the health of migrants and ethnic minorities, highlight inequalities and evaluate relevant policies and actions. To summarise and reveal the complexity of the findings, we developed data visualisation techniques based on epidemiological principles. Methods We used published results from the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS), a retrospective cohort of 4.62 million people linking census ethnicity data to health service and death records during 2001-2013. In tables mainly using rate ratios, we employed different colours to show health advantage, disadvantage or equivalence; different colour shades to represent degree of certainty, combining effect size and precision of estimate; and different font sizes for absolute rates, to highlight more common conditions. We ranked health conditions by age-adjusted rate within each ethnic group to show differences in burden of disease and disease priorities. Results Using 30 health outcomes for up to 11 ethnic groups, we show that ethnic differences vary greatly depending on outcome, sex and ethnic group. The patterns are complex with some ethnic groups showing strong advantages for some outcomes and strong disadvantages for others. Using absolute rates highlighted differences in common conditions such as myocardial infarction, COPD, and falls. Ranking conditions within ethnic groups showed that most ethnic groups have largely similar disease priorities. Conclusions Our approach helps reveal and interpret the complexity of ethnic health differences. Simplistic generalisations that the health of migrants or ethnic minorities is worse or better than majority populations are often misleading and best avoided. Using absolute rates and ranking conditions within ethnic groups are useful as large relative differences in disease rates between ethnic groups may not translate into different disease priorities. Key messages Statements that the health of migrants or ethnic minorities is worse or better than majority populations are often misleading and best avoided. Large relative differences in disease rates between ethnic groups may not translate into different disease priorities.


2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela McElwee

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Vietnam was largely divided between lowland-dwelling Vietnamese [Kinh] and a variety of ethnic groups living in the highlands. Yet by the close of the century, these ethnic minorities were far outnumbered by Kinh in most upland areas, thanks to extensive migration programs. This article looks at Kinh migrant and ethnic minority relations in the Annamite [Trường Sơn] uplands, with a focus on social, cultural, environmental, and economic interactions between migrants and local indigenous peoples.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor B. Pangayan ◽  
A.S. Hardy Shafii

This article presents an overview of the Kimaragang ethnic group, where the Kimaragang ethnic group is one of the indigenous sub-ethnic groups of Sabah, with typical settlements in Kota Marudu and Pitas. This article discusses the origins of the Kimaragang ethnic group, their earliest habitation, their language, economy, and sociocultural. It is anticipated that the material in this article will assist researchers, educators, institutions, and organisations in continuing to impart the culture of the indigenous peoples of Sabah, both directly and indirectly, through diverse research, publications, and documentation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Que-Lam Huynh ◽  
Thierry Devos

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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Dashtevski ◽  
Gorjan Grncharovski

There is no general formula about what multiculturalism means exactly, and which rights it should encompass. It needs to be considered from various aspects. In the case of Macedonia, there are several ethnic groups in it that are in the vicinity of their home countries, which seek to protect their nationals from repression and discrimination. However, Albania is the most aggressive one and, in spite of direct contacts with Macedonian politicians from the Albanian ethnic group, it often interferes with the internal affairs of the Macedonian state. Although in Macedonia all collective rights are given to the ethnic minorities, including much more than what constitutes an international standard in Europe and in the world, in accordance with the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, implemented in the state’s constitution, relations do not seem to be improving. On the contrary, other rights are constantly being sought, even higher than those set for the majority population in the country. On the other hand, the establishment of increased rights in the constitution and laws does not lead to coexistence and relaxation of the relations between the Macedonian and the Albanian communities. On the contrary, the Albanians are becoming ghettoized and live in separate communities, where they create their own subculture. Such behavior leads to greater segregation, which can create cantonization or federalization of the unitary state.


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