At a global level, the last two decades have consistently witnessed encroachment of right-wing rhetoric and anti-minority logos, with several states clearly promoting discourse fear minorities. Seeing minorities either as ‘enemy within’ or political necessity that must be endured, are sceptical in how they recognise incorporate minority identities threaten ideologies national homogeneity. Adopt...

The article is devoted to the study of problems linguistic security as a factor sustainable development region; special attention paid preservation languages indigenous peoples and national minorities. describes experience Scandinavian countries in field maintaining revitalizing Sami main conventions on protection rights languages, well Moreover, author explores how language learning organized ...

Minorities are overrepresented in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system. Though members of minority groups make up just one-fifth of the state’s juveniles between the ages of 10 and 17, they account for far more than one-fifth of those arrested, detained, adjudicated, disposed and committed. This disproportionality is a source of great concern in a juvenile justice system that guarantees fair ...

Since the landmark introduction of an ethnic group question to the 1991 Census (Bulmer, 1996) and the influential Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities in 1993-4 (Modood et al., 1997), the volume of social research addressing ethnicity has grown dramatically in the UK. Social researchers are increasingly required to produce evidence capable of informing policy and practice development tha...

This article assesses the effectiveness of religious freedom as a framework in international relations for its ability to define issue Xinjiang and propose solutions. In defining problem, minorities other than Muslims, such Christians, are ignored. prevents social awareness policy from addressing issue, fosters Muslim majority appropriate Uyghur identity, marginalizing non-Muslim minorities. Mo...

OBJECTIVES To report characteristics of sexual minority US inmates. METHODS We drew our data from the National Inmate Survey, 2011-2012, a probability sample of inmates in US prisons and jails. We determined weighted proportions and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals to estimate differences between sexual minority and heterosexual inmates. RESULTS Sexual minorities (those who self-id...

The ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity of the USA is not reflected in its healthcare and biomedical workforce. Undergraduate research programs are used to encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue training for biomedical careers, but there is limited published data on doctoral degree completion rates by participants in these programs. This study evaluates the attainment of doctoral de...

Objective: To examine racial differences in employment tatus and occupational status 1 year after a traumatic brain njury (TBI). Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Longitudinal dataset of the Traumatic Brain Injury odel Systems national database. Participants: Subjects with primarily moderate to severe BI (3468 whites vs 1791 minorities) hospitalized between 989 and 2005. Interventions: Not ...

This paper reviews Chineseand English-language literature on ethnic minorities and education in China. Six major research topics emerge from the Chinese-language research: (1) Marxism and ethnic minority education; (2) patriotism and national unity in education for ethnic minority students; (3) multicultural education; (4) determinants of ethnic differences in education; (5) school facilities a...

This paper aims to investigate the media industry in Asia, with reference to international standards of media tools, instruments, content, and coverage. We have also explored factors that may further improve Asian media. We have used an empirical approach. Our findings revealed that the media in Asian significantly contribute to expanding cultural knowledge and the exchange of multilateral dial...