democracy & diversity
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By Mr. Siddharth Chandrasekar
Social Diversities…
can take different forms in different societies :
• Belgium- people live in different regions –speak different languages.
• Sri Lanka-linguistic and regional differences are prominent.
Social Diversities…
• Carlos Smith - African American
• Peter Norman - White• Similarity - Athletes
who stood against racial discrimination
OVER LAPPING AND CROSS CUTTING DIFFERENCES
Social Division…
Catholics & Protestants
Cross Cutting…
Netherlands• Catholics and Protestants are equally likely to
be rich or poor.Result• No conflicts.• Easier to accommodate. Outcomes• Politics of social division
Ethno Political Conflict…
1998-Peace treaty was signedRESULT - CONFLICTS
Yugoslavia’s Disintegration & Emergence of 6 Independent Countries
3 Determinants…
Advantages of Social Divisions in a Democracy...
• People can express their grievances. • Government attends to it. • People raise their issues in a peaceful manner
for seeking votes.
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