Ethnic schisms, tensions, and conflicts constitute a serious problern situation for the Indian society. This problem situation is not only complex, and difficult, but its severity has also been growing in recent years and putting the nation's unity and integrity in peril. Its nature and dynamics, however, remain poorly understood. Efforts toward its solution have been unproductive.
This work attempts to understand and explain ethnic conflict as a generic problem-phenomenon besetting most plural societies. The analysis further proceeds toward identifying the requirements of monitoring, predictive Inference, and problem solving in this context. Situations of ethnic opprobrium in Indian, as well as other plural societies are seen to be the empirical, isomorphic variations of the problem's basic dynamic structure.
Short term and long term policy measures for the problem's resolution are identified from analysis. The latter also enables one to uncover the 'what', 'why, how', 'when', and 'what needs to be done', aspects of ethno-social conflict and national integration.
(Sociology, Ethnology, Anthropology. Politics, Current Affairs, Psychology. National Affairs)
Dr. P.N. Rastogi is Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at MIT, Nuffield Fellow at the London School of Economics, National Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
Professor Rastogi is well known for his work in the areas of social and management cybemetics, computer simulation of social systems, dynamics of factional conflict and ethnic tension, managerment of productivity and technovation, rural development, and total society systems. He is the author of many books Including Policy Analysis and Problem-solving for Social Systems, Productivity, Innovation, Management, and Development, Intelligent Management Systems, Ethnic Tensions in Indian Society and The Nature & Dynamics of Factional Conflict.
Ethnic schisms, tensions, and conflict, constitute a serious problem situation for the Indian society. This problem situation is not only large, complex, and difficult, but its severity has also been growing in the recent years: Ethnic antagonisms and violence threaten the very unity and survival of the nation. The problem has received a great deal of attention in the context of its dangerous implications for national integration. Its nature and dynamics, however, remain poorly understood. The efforts toward its solution have remained unproductive.
Present work attempts to understand and explain the problem of ethnic conflict as a generic problem phenomenon besetting most plural societies. The analysis further proceeds toward identifying the requirements of monitoring and problem solving, and derivation of verifiable predictive inferences. An integrated dynamic model of the problem consisting of highly interacting feedback cycles, is developed for this purpose. Situations of ethnic opprobrium in Indian, as well as, other plural societies are seen to be the empirical, isomorphic variations of the problem's basic dynamic structure. The isomorphism extends to their solution also.
Short term and long term policy measures for the resolution of the problem are identified from its dynamic multi-cyclical structure. Explanation, prediction, monitoring, and control, of the problem situation emerge as inter-related phases of an unified pattern of social cybernetic analysis. The analysis enables one to uncover the 'what', 'why', 'how', 'when' and 'what needs to be done' aspects of ethno-social conflict and its obverse of national integration. On account of its grim and dark nature, inter-group conflict is also viewed as part of the larger problem of human misery and suffering in social systems. The lasting solution of the problem is thence seen to be embedded in the solution of the larger problem of human misery.
Support for carrying out this study was provided by the Quality Improvement Programme of the Ministry of Education at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Thanks are due to them for making this work possible.
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