Unity in Diversity?: The Representation of Ethnic Diversity in Pakistani Textbooks and through Teacher and Student Perspectives

It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to enact their internal constitutions. This implies that each and every region has the power to develop its own internal state structure, within a minimum federal framework. From here it follows that the federal structure to have the potential to lay the foundations for a viable Ethiopian state, it is essential that not only the federal but also the regional constitutional mechanisms have the capacity to realize unity in diversity. As is explained in this article, not a single Ethiopian region is ethnically homogeneous. The ethnic diversity which characterizes the federal level is therefore also present at the regional level. Therefore, when evaluating the capacity of the Ethiopian state structure to accomplish unity in diversity one also has to include an analysis of the regional mechanisms. The latter analysis is the core objective of this article.Key Words: Federal Constitution, Regional Constitutions, Ethnic Diversity

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(Dis)unity in Diversity: How Common Beliefs about Ethnicity Benefit the White Mauritian Elite

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x15000749 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 533-555 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tijo Salverda

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Brute Force ◽

The Troubles ◽

The Face ◽

Indian Ocean Island ◽

Unity In Diversity ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

White Elite

ABSTRACTWhite Africans are particularly associated with the troubles South Africa and Zimbabwe have faced throughout their histories. The story of the Franco-Mauritians, the white elite of Mauritius, and how they have fared during more than forty years since the Indian Ocean island gained independence, is much less known. However, their case is relevant as a distinctive example when attempting to understand white Africans in postcolonial settings. Unlike whites elsewhere on the continent, Franco-Mauritians did not apply brute force in order to defend their position in the face of independence. Yet the society that emerged from the struggle over independence is one shaped by dominant beliefs about ethnicity. As this article shows, despite a number of inverse effects Franco-Mauritians have benefited from this unexpected twist, and part of the explanation for their ability to maintain their elite position lies therefore in the complex reality of ethnic diversity in postcolonial Mauritius.

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Christophe van de Beken: Unity in Diversity – Federalism as a Mechanism to accommodate Ethnic Diversity: The Case of Ethiopia

Aethiopica ◽

10.15460/aethiopica.16.1.730 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 301-302

Author(s):

Alexander Meckelburg

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Unity In Diversity

Review

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Re-thinking the dynamics of a pluralistic society in Acts 15:1-35 and contemporary Zimbabwean society: A Narratological Approach

Religion, ethics and communication in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic - Pharos Journal of Theology ◽

10.46222/pharosjot.102.027 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tobias Marevesa

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

New Testament ◽

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Turning Point ◽

Main Thrust ◽

Pluralistic Society ◽

The Bible ◽

The New Testament ◽

New Testament Studies ◽

Unity In Diversity

From time immemorial, ethnic diversity in society often resulted in conflict instead of cooperation. Religion played a pivotal role in uniting or dividing people. In the New Testament world, James Dunn (2006) describes the dynamics of a pluralistic society as that of unity in diversity. Furthermore, other prominent scholars in the New Testament studies such as Haenchen (1985:467) and Witherington (1998:439) aptly describe Acts 15:1-35 as a “turning point” and a “watershed”, respectively, in relation to the dynamics of ethnic conflict resolution. The main thrust of this paper to interrogate a conflict-resolution in the pluralistic environment of Acts 15. This paper will be informed by insights and the lens of narrative method. The coming of this method into the New Testament studies was not well received by traditional scholars who viewed it as taking the Bible as fictional as work. Nevertheless, this paper maintains that the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 (50 CE) can be examined and analysed using narratological insights.

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Ethiopia: Constitutional Protection of Ethnic Minorities at The Regional Level

Afrika Focus ◽

10.1163/2031356x-0200102006 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (1-2) ◽

pp. 105-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christophe Van der Beken

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minorities ◽

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Internal State ◽

Regional Level ◽

State Structure ◽

Federal Level ◽

Constitutional Protection ◽

Unity In Diversity ◽

Ethiopian Region ◽

Federal Structure

Ethiopia: Constitutional Protection of Ethnic Minorities at the Regional Level It is argued that in order to evaluate the capacity of the Ethiopian federal structure to accommodate ethnic diversity and to regulate ethnic conflicts, the research cannot be limited to an analysis of the constitutional mechanisms at the federal level. One of the crucial features of the Ethiopian federal structure is that it provides its nine regions with the power to enact their internal constitutions. This implies that each and every region has the power to develop its own internal state structure, within a minimum federal framework. From here it follows that the federal structure to have the potential to lay the foundations for a viable Ethiopian state, it is essential that not only the federal but also the regional constitutional mechanisms have the capacity to realize unity in diversity. As is explained in this article, not a single Ethiopian region is ethnically homogeneous. The ethnic diversity which characterizes the federal level is therefore also present at the regional level. Therefore, when evaluating the capacity of the Ethiopian state structure to accomplish unity in diversity one also has to include an analysis of the regional mechanisms. The latter analysis is the core objective of this article.

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