National Unity Flashcards
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Indonesia’s Language Policy
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- Accommodative, success
- Ditched Javanese and dopted Bahasa Indonesia
- Seen as non-offensive to any groups
- Not even separatist Acehnese were against this policy
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Singapore’s Language policy
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- Accommodative, success
- 1966 Bilingual Education Policy
- Most comprehensible language, bridged comm gap
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Thailand’s Language Policy
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- Assimilative, success
- Required the speaking of Thai to acquire Thai citizenship
- Some 90% of the population speaking Thai
- However met with strong resistance from southern Malays
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Malaysia’s Language Policy
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- Assimilative, failure
- Malay declared as national language, with 40% of Chinese insisting in speaking Chinese
- Closed/transformed Chinese schools into Malay speaking schools, angered the Chinese
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Singapore’s Education Policy
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- Accommodative, success
- Meritocracy accepted by all ethnic groups as the most fair policy
- National education to foster national cohesion E.G. CCE
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Indonesia’s Education Policy
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- Accommodative, success
- Used and seen as a mechanicam for social mobility across all ethnic groups
- Clear increase in rural and female students
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Malaysia’s Education Policy
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- Assimilative, failure
- Bumiputeras, close to 70% spots in uni reserved for Malays
- Race based entry lowered educational standards for non-Malays and worsened racial discrimination
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Phi’s Education policy
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- Assimilative, failure
- Only 15% Moros completed their uni
- Lacked real career potential even if they complete their education
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Indonesia’s Religion Policy
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- Accommodative, success
- Pancasila enabled religion freedom
- Embraced all religious indonesians
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Phi’s Religion Policy
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- Accommodative, success
- Church rallied for support from masses to oust Marcos in 86
- Showed significance of religion in bringing people together
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Thailand’s Religion Policy
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- Assimilative, success
- Buddhism declared as the national religion
- Alienated the Muslims and Christians
- However became more accepting of other religions in late 90s
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Singapore’s State Ideology
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- Accommodative, success
- Meritocracy received no opposition from any ethnic groups
- Emphasised on 5 key values
- Natiojnal anthem and pledge
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Indonesia’s State Ideology
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- Accommodative, success
- Pancasila united everyone under the ideology of being a proud Indonesian
- None were excluded
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Malaysia’s State Idoelogy
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- Accommodative, success
- Rukunegara seeked to form 5 principals which were followed by all M’sians
- Brought together the different languages
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Thailand’s State Ideology
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- Assimilative, success
- Religion, Nation and King, tried to assimilate everyone into the identity of Thai leveraging on the shared love for the King
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Burma’s State Ideology
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- Assimilative, failure
- Burmese way to Socialism was not received well by the minorities
- Burma to Myanmar, but the term Myanmar refers exclusive to Bamar’s Myanmar, excluding minorities
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Phi’s Transmigration Policy
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- Assimilative, failure
- Catholic were spread into Muslim areas
- Led to clashes between locals and the newly moved in Catholics
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Indo’s Transmigration Policy
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- Assimilative, failure
- Aimed at increasing contact between diff ethnic groups in order to promote ethnic cohesion
- Led to resentment agaisnt migrants
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Thailand’s Military Suppression
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- Forceful assimilation, failure
- Tried to quell the separatist Moros, but led to even more rebellions and even coorperations with Malays
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Burma’s Military Suppression
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- Forceful Assimilation, failure
- Seccionist revolts met with armed suppression from the central gov
- War present until today (Shans and Kachins)
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M’sia Marginaliation Policy
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- Orang Asli
- 81% of them lived below poverty line
- Were deprived of education policies and thus clear lack of literacy and potential
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Burma’s Marginalisation Policy
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- Rohingyas denied citizenship, freedom of movement, education and most of the job opportunities
