Approaches To National Integration

The Present Publication Is A Compendium Of 16 Srticles Contributed By Reasoned Academicians, Young Scholars And Public-Spirited Men Creating Awareness About National Integration, Obstacles In Realising It, The Means To Achieve It, And Infusing A Spirit Of Nationalism And Patriotism.

Traditional Approaches To National Security Have Privileged State Security Without According Equal Importance To Human Security Or The Security Of The Individual, Its Ultimate Beneficiary. Neither Are Non-Military Threats Like Economic Instability, Ethnic, Caste And Communal Tensions, Demographic Movements, Environmental Degradation, Apart From The Continuing Menace Of Terrorism, Provided Salience, Although The Focus Of National Security Has Decisively Shifted From Inter-State To Intra-State Conflicts Within Regional Security Complexes In The International System. The Indian State Is Not Unaware Of These Looming, Non-Traditional And Emerging Dangerous, But The Enfeeblement Of Its Political And Administrative Institutions Has Adversely Affected Its Capacity To Meet These Threats While The Expectations Of The People Have Risen And Are Growing In An Exponential Manner.

This book addresses the negative impact of social cleavages on the development of many African countries. It proposes new ideas on how the development crisis in Africa may be addressed by conceptualizing the underlying problem as a communication issue. In contrast to the frequent neglect of this key factor this book provides a provocative discussion of how communication strategies can help to promote national integration and social, economic and political development. It argues that the activities associated with the communication of national integration must be seen as an all-encompassing task that transcends official speeches in attempts to persuade a disparate population to cultivate national consciousness. Such activities must encompass efforts to persuade leaders to eliminate policies that seek to promote spatial dislocation and cross-cultural interaction, and to arouse the audience to pay closer attention to integrative messages disseminated through the mass media.

Immigrants, Literature and National Integration explores new means of facilitating integration. Using the United Kingdom and Germany as case studies, and examining the relation between immigrant literature and integration, this book explores integration in an interdisciplinary fashion across both the humanities and social sciences.

This book explores the ways in which language and education policies have contributed to the development of national integration in Malaysia, by examining whether and how policies have succeeded in forming a middle ground. Considered through the lenses of policy-making structure and achievement, this volume examines the relationships between the formation of a middle ground in language and education policies and the political structure, economic growth strategies and social system. It then goes on to explore the extent to which these policies have contributed to national integration whilst providing a valuable discussion on the complexities involved in developing a consistent policy framework. Drawing on research surveys of Malay proficiency amongst ethnic Chinese people, it ultimately demonstrates how the unification of education streams has contributed to the spread of the Malay language as a major medium of inter-ethnic communication within the Chinese community. As the most up-to-date study of contemporary Malaysian politics, focusing on the issue of national integration, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Southeast Asian politics, ethnicity, and education policy.

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