Examples Of Internal Colonialism

Threat to vital interest of Ethnic Group:-
Due to state policies, ethnicity becomes political and violent.Ethnic group perceives its vital cardinal concerns in danger. The protest could be launched against government or another ethnic group, dominant in the power circle. Identity moves also crop up when weak governments fail to design ethnic contacts with formal guarantees provided by the constitution. As in 1960’s and 70’s, in Yugoslavia ethnic tension increased because of new constitutional arrangements of the state. They decentralized the federal structure, giving more autonomy to six republics and two provinces. The concerned ethnies were not satisfied at the allocation of resources specially economic policy did not serve the

Hechter’s substantive study reflects the process of nationality for nation in Great Britain. He presented Britain as powerful and culturally distinct core having dominant positions over economy, finance, and political system. The People in peripheral areas started a nationalist movement at the time when inequalities between core and periphery increased.
In all multinational states where one ethnic group or a coalition is empowered, the term internal colonial is also appropriate. The most glaring examples of internal colonialism are the north west territories of Canada, the problem of Qubec in Canada, Xinjiang (Eastern Turkestan) of China, the Palestinians in Israel, and the Tamil Sinhala conflict in Sri Lanka. In these states, the dominant ethnic group is getting economic and political benefits at the cost of other groups and territory. The State of Louisiana in USA is another example. Here the port of New Orleans has a pivotal role in the US economy. Yet the Louisiana State was not included in the economically stable states of USA for a long time. Now gradually the economic condition is getting better because the government is focusing on

An ethnic party is patent to represent itself for the promotions of the cause. The party mobilises the in-group and exclude the ethnic outsiders (Chandra, 2004). The World’s most acute and lengthy ethnic in counters involve the support of structured ethnic organizations. In Burundi, Tutsi and Hutu tribes, each organized their own ethnic party. This is not the only example in the world, different states in different regions have created their political parties and pressure groups on ethnic lines. Nigeria, Malaysia, Fiji and India, and Pakistan are the significant examples, where each of the major ethnic regional group has formed their ethnic party organization. Important functions of these parties are as