Social Diversities…

It 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 DIFFERENCE

Social Division…

Overlapping – Class & Religion

Blacks in USA

Poor Homeless

Discriminated

Against

Whites in USA

Rich

Catholics & Protestants

Northern Ireland

Catholics

Poor

Protestants

Rich

Result : Conflicts have occurred. Deep social division and tensions have occurred leading to discrimination.

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…Northern Ireland

53 % ProtestantRepresented by unionists who wanted to be with UK

who were Protestants.

44 % Roman CatholicRepresented by Nationalist parties who wanted the Union of N.Ireland With Republic of

Ireland were Catholics

1998-Peace treaty was signedRESULT -

CONFLICTS

Yugoslavia’s Disintegration & Emergence of 6 Independent Countries

3 Determinants…How people perceive

their identities

INDIA , NORTHERN IRELAND

BELGIUM

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.

SUBMITED TONAVDEEP KAUR

SUBMITED BY KHUSHAL SINGH