POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Puntland, Northeast India, Sub-Saharan Africa
19 Jul 2012
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Sectarian religious tensions only because as severe after america presence begins. How can you end up with a regime that is disproportionately shi-ite, disliked by. Hussein appointed people he trusted to power, and he disproportionately appointed sunnis because they had other links to him (family ties, religion ties, etc. ). This causes the sectarianization of an anti- sectarian regime. Highlights how ethnic divisions can intensify over time. 800 languages and dialects exist (60 of them are unrelated to hindi) and there are more than 1600 identifiable ethnic groups and sub-groups. Hindi is the main language of only about 30% of india"s population. Another 8 languages are each spoken by 4-8% of the population each (eg. at least 30-60 million people). It is likely the most multi- cultural country on the planet. India is an exception that confounds political science. Political effects: partition from (muslim) pakistan in 1947. Populations on the wrong side of the division fled: democratic, federal system.
