1. Chapter 16
Global Issues

2. Global Conflict
World systems theory - economic and political domination of the resources of other nations by dominant nations
Ethnonational conflict—inter-factionalism and conflict between
ethnic groups
religious groups
linguistic groups
social categories

3. Figure 16-2 Intergroup Relations Continuum

5. Mexico The Mexican Indian people and the Color Gradient
Color gradient - Criollos or whites the upper class, Mestizo or middle class and full blooded Mexican Indians and Blacks at the bottom of the hierarchy
Indigenismo - government policy of national integration.
Subordination of women

6. Canada The First Nation
Aboriginal minorities largely consists of four groups
1. Status Indians members of 604 tribes officially recognized by the government.
2. Inuit living in Northern Canada
3. Métis of mixed ancestry
4. Non-status Indians

7. Canada Canadian Federal Constitution of 1982 and aboriginal rights
Relocation of the Inuit’s and violation of rights
Defeat of the Charlottetown Agreement of 1992
Urban Aboriginal peoples

8. The Québécois
Inter ethnic and linguistic conflict between the Anglophones and Francophones.
Quebec
assimilation
cultural pluralism
secession

9. Immigration and Race
Canadian immigration policy has alternated between being open and restrictive
Growth in
Asian
Black
West Indian immigrants

10. Northern Ireland British domination of Ireland
Anglo-Irish war of and independence and the creation of the Republic of Ireland
Partition of Northern and Southern Ireland
Continued conflict
Protestant migration to Northern Ireland from Britain

11. Partition and the Civil Rights Movement
Evolution of political districts diminishing catholic representation
Catholic rate of poverty, lack of suitable housing and poor working conditions
Residential and educational segregation of Catholics
March on Londonderry in 1969 and the birth of the civil rights movement

12. Partition and the Civil Rights Movement
—formation of the Irish Republican Army and guerrilla movement
1994 — Militant Unionist and IRA forces declared a cease fire
Northern Ireland Accord and continued conflict and violence

13. Israel and the Palestinians
Diaspora and the exile of Jews from Palestine over 2,000 years ago
British colonialism during World War I and the Middle East
British endorsement of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine
Spirit of Zionism

14. Israel and the Palestinians
From Arab perspective Zionism meant the subjugation and elimination of Palestinians
Arab-Israeli conflicts
Creation of Israel
Expansion of Israel settlements - and the six day War of 1967
Occupation of the Gaza strip and West Bank

15. Israel and the Palestinians
Yom Kippur War or Ramadan War of 1973, attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria
Carter’s mediation and Egypt’s recognition of Israel’s right to exist

16. Israel and the Palestinians
Intifada -1987—Palestinian uprising against Israel
The Oslo Accords in 1993
Solutions

17. The Search for Solutions Amid Violence
The status of Jerusalem
The future of Jewish settlements
The future of Palestinians and other Arabs with Israeli citizenship
Palestinian state
Future of Palestinian refugees

18. Republic of South Africa
Legacy of Colonialism
Settlement of South Africa by Europeans began in 1652
Dutch East Indian Company colony in Cape Town
Dutch slave owners and trek inwards
Acquisition of parts of South Africa by Britain in 1814

19. Republic of South Africa
British and Indian immigration
British and Boer wars
British colonial rule until 1948
Independence from Britain
Apartheid
Laws and the emergence of Apartheid

20. Apartheid
Afrikaners and the development of Apartheid policies and the subjugation of non-whites
Struggle for equality
De Klerk and Black leaders signed a National Peace Accord
Freeing of Mandela

21. The Era of Reconciliation and Moving On
Issues facing Mandela government and South Africans
1. Affirmative action
2. School immigration
3. Medical care
4. Crime
5. Desperate poverty