After Suharto stepped down in 1998, buried grievances between natives and migrants, and Christians and Muslims, came to light. During this post-Suharto period, large-scale communal and separatist...Show moreAfter Suharto stepped down in 1998, buried grievances between natives and migrants, and Christians and Muslims, came to light. During this post-Suharto period, large-scale communal and separatist conflicts broke out across the archipelago. This thesis analyses three of these conflicts and questions why the indigenous populations of West Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, and Papua resorted to collective violence against internal labour migrants in post- Suharto Indonesia, and asks under what historical and socio-economic conditions group boundaries were made, maintained and defended. By answering these questions, this study aims to contribute to a better understanding of what drives collective violence against labour migrants, and looks to identify general mechanisms of collective violence by analysing the erosion of intergroup boundaries.Show less
This thesis explores the roots of Canadian multiculturalism and places itself in the camp of Mackay who cites a racialized hierarchy within the policy and subsequent ideology of multiculturalism....Show moreThis thesis explores the roots of Canadian multiculturalism and places itself in the camp of Mackay who cites a racialized hierarchy within the policy and subsequent ideology of multiculturalism. It will assess whether the government is projecting the multicultural myth and if so whether the public is regurgitating this myth in 2017.Show less
