The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore if September 11 had an influence on the relations between non-Arab and Arab Americans in Detroit. The data of the study were collected from 10 participants, five non-Arab and five Arab Americans. Through the i…
This paper examines the dynamics of the secession. In particular, it asks why political actors decide to withdraw from the political center, how they go about it, and what makes the effort successful. The process is examined from the perspective of elite circulation. It is hypot…
The importance of the self-concept has stemmed from the belief that the way individuals view themselves has an effect on all aspects of their life. Historically, the self-concept has been considered from a unidimensional or global perspective. Recent developments in self-concept…
Given the tendency of dominant powers to intervene on behalf of aggrieved groups when their hegemonic interests are at stake, it is important to assess the conditions under which the dominant powers of the international community should recognize an ethnic group's demand for cul…
This thesis was planned as an -interdisciplinary work, a possible exemplar of 'a peace study' (see Appendix 5). It offers an analysis of the situation of the Asian children of immigrant families, socially and racially disadvantaged in Britain, in the Bradford school system from …
In 1994 Ethiopia introduced a federal system of government as a national level approach to intra-state conflict management. Homogenisation of cultures and languages by the earlier regimes led to the emergence of ethno-national movements and civil wars that culminated in the coll…
My research into ethnic representations in the major newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee, the Commercial Appeal, between 1990 and 2006 looks at the relationship between changing patterns of immigration, particularly in Memphis, the dominant political ideologies during this period--n…
The issue of institutional engineering has gained a renewed interest with the democratic transitions of the Central and Eastern European countries, as for some states it has become a matter of state survival. The four countries examined in the study - Macedonia, Slovakia, Romani…