democracy & diversity

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.