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