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Kako Ito

In a Region Disturbed by Ethnic Tensions, China Keeps Tight Lid on a Massacre - The New... - 0 views

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ethnic china massacre

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  • Kako Ito on 19 Oct 15
     
    This article explains how a country of high autonomy and capacity asserts itself in an attempt to control a territory that has long been embroiled by violence perpetuated by different ethnic populations. The conflict in the Xinjiang region is also a good example of how ethnic minorities become discontent when the government supports the larger ethnic group in order to gain control of the region.
jacquelinec56

Gender Scripts and Age at Marriage in India - 0 views

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  • Rational decision making theories imply that parents respond to economic incentives and constraints as they choose optimal marriage timing for their daughters. In different parts of Asia, availability of wage work for women increases the returns from daughters and may lead to delayed marriage
  • esearch on Indian labor markets has documented a high degree of underemploymen
  • mong women aged 15 and older, only 16% of rural women and 11% of urban women claim wage work as their primary activity.
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  • A number of studies have recorded a sharp increase in dowry expectations, with a dowry consisting of both cash and expensive household goods,
  • Increased expenses associated with a daughter’s marriage may lead to postponement of marriage as parents struggle to accumulate resources in order to provide appropriate dowry and pay for the wedding (
  • we expect that in areas where women have a greater role in making decisions about different aspects of their lives,
  • women’s empowerment is negatively associated with age at marriage. Age at marriage may also be related to women’s autonomy through another channel: because younger brides are more likely to be docile, in areas where parents-in-law seek to limit women’s power in the household, they may have a preference for younger brides.
  • a woman’s autonomy may be manifest through her control of major resources, such as having her name
  • on a housing title or rental agreement, as well as through control of minor resources, such as having cash on hand for household expenditures. A number of studies have also suggested that the ability to m
  • Results suggest large differences in age at marriage by education, with women with higher secondary and college education marrying 4.9 years later than less-educated women. While the causal direction of this relationship is far from clear (obtaining a higher education could delay marriage, or delayed marriage may provide a greater opportunity to complete one’s education),
  • contrast, the neighboring state of Haryana has an average age of marriage that is 2 years lower, and about 30% of women get married by age 16. These states have similar educational and economic profiles, which is not surprising given that Haryana was carved out of Punjab. However, they differ in cultural traditions. Punjab contains a large number of Sikhs, and even Hindus are influenced by Sikh culture. Haryana shares cultural traditions with the central plains, so the two states differ substantially in the way gender is articulated.
Kay Bradley

Methodology 2019 | Freedom House - 0 views

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freedom research ranking world rank democracy

shared by Kay Bradley on 12 Sep 19 - No Cached
  • three-tiered system consisting of scores, ratings, and status.
  • tables for converting scores to ratings and ratings to status, appear at the end of this essay.
  • 0 to 4 points for each of 10 political rights
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  • 15 civil liberties indicators
  • 4 the greatest degree of freedom
  • The political rights questions are grouped into three subcategories: Electoral Process (3 questions), Political Pluralism and Participation (4), and Functioning of Government (3).
  • The civil liberties questions are grouped into four subcategories: Freedom of Expression and Belief (4 questions), Associational and Organizational Rights (3), Rule of Law (4), and Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights (4).
  • For the discretionary question, a score of 1 to 4 may be subtracted, as applicable (the worse the situation, the more points may be subtracted).
  • The highest overall score that can be awarded for political rights is 40 (or a score of 4 for each of the 10 questions). T
  • highest overall score that can be awarded for civil liberties is 60 (or a score of 4 for each of the 15 questions).
  • ach rating of 1 to 7, with 1 representing the greatest degree of freedom and 7 the smallest degree of freedom, corresponds to a specific range of total scores (see tables 1 and 2).
  • A country or territory is assigned two ratings
  • The average of a country or territory’s political rights and civil liberties ratings is called the Freedom Rating
  • upward or downward trend arrow
  • A trend arrow must be linked to a specific change or changes in score, and cannot be assigned if the country had no net change in score
  • Most score changes do not warrant trend arrows.
  • Electoral Democracy
  • designation “electoral democracy” to countries that have met certain minimum standards for political rights and civil liberties;
  • an electoral democracy designation requires a score of 7 or better in the Electoral Process subcategory, an overall political rights score of 20 or better, and an overall civil liberties score of 30 or better.
  • Countries and territories with a rating of 6 have very restricted political rights. They are ruled by authoritarian regimes, often with leaders or parties that originally took power by force and have been in office for decades.
  • hey may hold tightly controlled elections and grant a few political rights, such as some representation or autonomy for minority groups.
  • few or no political rights because of severe government oppression
  • While some are draconian police states, others may lack an authoritative and functioning central government and suffer from extreme violence or rule by regional warlords.
  • limits on media independence
  • estrictions on trade union activities
  • discrimination against minority groups and women.
  • strongly limit the rights of expression
  • frequently hold political prisoners
  • virtually no freedom of expression or association, do not protect the rights of detainees and prisoners, and often control most economic activity.
  • The gap between a country or territory’s political rights and civil liberties ratings is rarely more than two points. Politically oppressive states typically do not allow a well-developed civil society, for example, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to maintain political freedoms in the absence of civil liberties like press freedom and the rule of law.
Kay Bradley

Saudi Arabia blasts U.N. Security Council, rejects offer to join - 1 views

I see the point, but Saudi Arabia also seems to be shooting itself inthe foot.....couldn't it do more from within the Security Coucil?

CNN Saudi Arabia Syria Palestine middle east conflict

started by kian vafai on 19 Oct 13 1 follow-up, last by Kay Bradley on 21 Oct 13
Amara Plaza-Jennings

European Court Fines Russia for Blocking Gay Protests - 0 views

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Russia

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  • Amara Plaza-Jennings on 22 Oct 10
     
    In the past Russia had always prohibited gay rights demonstration, beating the protestors. Here the European Court stepped in and ruled that it violated their policies on human rights because they stopped them from assembling and discriminated against their sexual orientation. This action of the European Court shows one of the downsides to Russia for being involved in a transnational organizaiton - the government was not able to do what it wanted (even if it wasn't the right thing) and they had to pay a fine - they had surrrendered their autonomy and had to pay.
dredd15

Turkey Says It Will Aid Kurdish Fighters - 1 views

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Kurds

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  • dredd15 on 20 Oct 14
     
    Mevlut Cavusoglu has declared that the Turkish government will now aid the Iraqi Kurdish forces, known as pesh merga, into the Syrian town of Kobani. Forces of international powers are feeling pressure to push back against the Islamic State rather than making Iraqi Kurdish forces to fight alone against ISIS. The U.S. has already begun airdropping supplies to the Kurdish forces, but Turkey has refused the Kurdish forces to move through Turkey in the past, because Kurdish forces have threatened the autonomy of Turkey in the past. Yet, desperate times call for desperate measures and many International powers are claiming that ISIL/ISIS is picking up steam in their counter-attacks.
Kay Bradley

Hong Kong - The New York Times - 0 views

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Hong Kong protest autonomy China

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  • Kay Bradley on 05 Sep 19
     
    Carrie Lam, Extradition Bill, protests
ershai

Gangs Rule Much of Haiti. For Many, It Means No Fuel, No Power, No Food. - 0 views

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  • ershai on 02 Nov 21
     
    An example of a low capacity, low autonomy country. Gangs, not the government, rule about half of Haiti's capital, blocking the ports and causing a fuel shortage that is pushing the country to the brink of collapse.
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