Pluralism and identity in a multi national country（多民族国家的多元与认同之道）.doc

Pluralism and identity in a multi national country（多民族国家的多元与认同之道） Pluralism and identity in a multi national country A comparison between India and Yugoslavia Part From Southern Metropolis Daily 2010-7-11 See also article Gullivers travels in the party Http:///s/blog_488663200100enrl.html There are two very interesting comparisons between the multi-ethnic Federation and the political system, India and Yugoslavia. The two nation, religion, language and culture. Chengdu is very complex, but also has a characteristic, is not advantageous dominant ethnic group, China Han accounted for more than 90%, but they are not the main ethnic, and historically has been the lack of unified national identity. Modern times were greatly influenced by the outside world, especially the external powers. India was originally a British colony, and Yugoslavia was originally a territory of the Osman Empire and the Austro Hungarian empire. After the introduction of the two countries are the founding of the federal system, in particular the two countries in the world to go very close, as is not dependent on the United States, is not attached to the Soviet Union, is a founding member of the non aligned movement, Nehru and Tito is considered to be two representatives allied. Although all two countries are federal, Yugoslavia has the Lenin style Commonwealth, and India is the union of constitutional democracies. Decades of development, the results of both countries have seen, India, of course, a lot of problems, but the national identity has been constantly strengthened, and now has become a new BRIC countries. Although Yugoslavia has had a glorious time in the Tito era, Tito has become more and more confused since 90s. There are many misconceptions about the two countries. The biggest misconception about India is that it is a constitutional democracy, so it is not good to make a mess in the country, especially ethnic and religious issues. But not the other, see before now India and the democrat