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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"plural society"”.
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The plural society and the problem of order
Pluralism, as a sociological perspective to study multi-ethnic and multi-racial societies, is a popular and well-known approach. It is also an approach which has been repeatedly and effectively criticized. This study focuses upon pluralism and the problem of order in society. Hereby, a new …
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The Javanese in Surinam: Ethnicity in an Ethnically Plural Society
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The common good in a plural society: Muslims, Christians and the Public Arena in Britain
… of how the common good might be pursued in a plural society, beginning from Jonathan Sacks' vision of such a society as a'community of communities'. It does so principally by developing Alasdair Maclnytre's concept of 'tradition'. Chapter 1 begins by assembling conceptual tools for the task, …
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From plural society to Bangsa Malaysia : ethnicity and nationalism in the politics of nation-building in Malaysia
… to consolidate Malay nationalism and cultural pluralism, thus, depicting 'the nation' as a 'mosaic of cultures', or reflecting a creation of 'a supra-ethnic' national identity. However, the viability of the envisaged project is yet to be tested. The concept itself is still vague to many people …
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Towards an adaptive culture : on the evolution of the social basis for political choice in a plural society
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1982.
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An Evaluation of the Educational System of British Malaya with Special Reference to the Need for Unity in Its Plural Society
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A place to belong? The changing place of Church in rural life.
… of ‘place’. Consequently, in a diverse and plural society, such places may come to mean different things to different people. Viewed from the multiple perspectives of those who encounter their parish church in different ways, this short ethnographic case study explores the process of …
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Tourism and its relationship to community development in Chamarel, Mauritius
… context of Mauritius and the relevance of a plural society to tourism, with a particular focus on the representation of Mauritian culture, the Creole identity and the relevance of this to community development. The research explores community tourism in Chamarel, utilising a multifaceted …
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Colonial architecture as heritage: German colonial architecture in post-colonial Windhoek
… attributable to colonial architecture in this plural society, and how these meanings can be created, or possibly reinvented, through the continued use of these buildings. The study is based on an assessment of three halls in Windhoek – the Grüner Kranz Hall (1906), the Kaiserkrone Hall (1909), …
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The protection of minority rights: a comparative survey with special reference to South Africa's constitutional options
… are drawn between the policies of various plural societies aimed at accommodating their ethnic diversity, either constitutionally or through methods that lack legitimacy. This is followed by a discussion and evaluation of consociational democracy and federalism as possible solutions to the …
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Writing an alternative Australia : women and national discourse in nineteenth-century literature
… these voices share a similar view on Australian society: Australia is a plural society, it is home to millions of different people – women, men, and children, Aboriginal Australians and immigrants, newly arrived and descendents of the first settlers – with millions of different identities which …
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Building the 'Sri Lankan nation' through education: The identity politics of teaching history in a multicultural post-war society
… recognition of cultural diversity in Sri Lanka’s plural society. Within education, history teaching in secondary school acts as the main focus of the research, due to the relevance of this goal to the subject of history as well as the ability of history to shape the attitudes and perceptions of …
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Fiji and the franchise : a history of political representation, 1900-1937
… aspects of colonial constitution-making in a plural society by its discussion and analysis of the often conflicting interplay of the political aspirations of the contending ethnic groups. Since the issue of the franchise in Fiji was largely a struggle for political rights first for Europeans …
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Fiji and the franchise : a history of political representation, 1900-1937
… aspects of colonial constitution-making in a plural society by its discussion and analysis of the often conflicting interplay of the political aspirations of the contending ethnic groups. Since the issue of the franchise in Fiji was largely a struggle for political rights first for Europeans …
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La proyección de la tolerancia en las sociedades democráticas: el controvertido uso de símbolos religiosos en espacios públicos
… proyecciones de la tolerancia en las sociedades plurales propias de las democracias actuales. La polémica por el uso de los símbolos religiosos en los espacios públicos constituye una manifestación de ello.