- Volume 10, Number 1 (2023)
ETHNIC KNOWLEDGE AND INCOME INEQUALITY: EXAMINING MALAYSIA'S ECONOMIC TRANSITION
Nakamura, Hiroshi Takeshi, Tanaka, Kazuki Aiko, Sato, Yuki Keiko
Income inequality among Malaysia's major ethnicities, namely the Malay (Bumiputera), Chinese, and Indian communities, has persisted as a pressing issue since the end of colonial rule. Colonial policies left a legacy of high inequality and poverty rates, largely affecting the Malay majority and fostering an enduring urban-rural divide. The introduction of the Preferential Bumiputera Policy in 1971 aimed to uplift the ethnic Malays but inadvertently led to significant emigration of non-Bumiputera citizens due to education and employment restrictions imposed by the policy. This policy, focusing on Bumiputera share ownership and mandatory employment quotas, lasted for two decades, and its repercussions...
THE REFUGEE QUANDARY: UNRAVELING EASTLEIGH'S INFLUENCE ON NAIROBI COUNTY'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
Ochieng, Adede Wambui, Mwangi, Kamau Nyambura, Auma, Otieno Obiero
This study examines the relationship between refugees and national security in Kenya, with a specific focus on Eastleigh, Kamukunji Constituency, Nairobi County. The study explores whether refugees pose a threat to national security, the connection between refugees and terrorism, and whether Kenya's open-door policy on refugees undermines national security. The research used a mixed-methods approach, including questionnaires and one-on-one interviews with refugees and key stakeholders such as UNHCR, Danish Refugee Council, and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. The findings indicate that refugees are linked to terrorism in Kenya and effective policies, laws, and approaches are required...
THE TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE OF PUBLIC COUNCILS: FOSTERING INCLUSIVITY IN UKRAINIAN GOVERNANCE
Petrov, Anatoliyovych Olena Mykolaivna, Ivanovych, Serhiyov Oleksandrivna, Kovalenko, Dmytrovych Yulia Volodymyrivna
This study examines the relationship between individuals and subjects of public administration in the context of modernisation of Ukrainian society and the state. The aim of this study is to identify the possibilities of introducing civilised aspects of relations between subjects of state power and civil society into management activities. The paper employs analytical substantiation of the problems under study, focus group, expert survey, and research-to-practice developments in the problems of relations between public councils and subjects of public administration. The authors conclude that public councils as a temporary consultative and advisory body formed under the executive authority to promote...
PAN-AFRICANISM REVISITED: NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF MODERN WORLD POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND CULTURE
Kamara, Abubakar Aminata Coulibaly, Diop, Moustapha Fatoumata Sow
Over the past four centuries, Black people have endured a relentless Western narrative that has painted a distorted image of Africa and its inhabitants. This narrative, perpetuated by European and American popular literature, has given birth to a mythical and fantastical version of Africa. The colonial rule imposed by Europeans was deeply rooted in this Western myth, emphasizing Africa's alleged backwardness and subhuman nature. The literature preceding and accompanying their colonization efforts aimed to negate African civilization, culture, and humanity, fabricating false images, stereotypes, and assumptions that reinforced their hegemony and brainwashed populations into believing Africans were inferior, lacking intelligence,...