Nation-building and Identity Conflicts: Facilitating the by Ariel Hernandez

By Ariel Hernandez

Ending id conflicts via negotiated agreements is an intractable procedure that's embedded complexly within the nation-building method. Ariel Hernandez seems at the complexity of the nation-building procedure within the Philippines and the way its social and political context constrains the success of a peace contract that may withhold new demanding situations because the approach unfolds. Mediation as one of many attainable modes of intervention to unravel id conflicts is taken because the self-evident software to finish the forty 12 months outdated clash among the Filipino society at huge and the Bangsamoro. The research confirms that mediation and different sorts of intervention are contributing to the intractability of id conflicts by means of bringing in extra complexities within the negotiation method. The conceptualization of “stumbling blocks” could provide wisdom dependent assets to advance innovations to “facilitate” the mediation approach that permits negotiating events to deal with the complexity of the bargaining table.

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This is the point where identity is securitized. The securitization of identity leads to the promulgation of the Hegelian ‘master-slave’ dialectic in the power relations between the dominant group and the minority. This dialectic entails a relation of domination and subordination. ” As the identity-building process of the emerging minority unfolds, the group eventually gains the understanding of itself as an independent subject, but is still subordinated by an oppressive power. The consciousness of being deprived of its autonomy leads to the claims of recognition either in form of independence or full participation.

Broader society dissuades others from challenging established norms through real and symbolic sanctions. Sanctions become necessary to ensure “unity” by leveling differences. g. Malaysia vs. Philippines, Georgia vs. Russia). From the perspective of the subgroup, contemporary issues of marginalization are manifested by social comparison (Penetrante 2012). The subgroup per- 54 ceives the current society at large not as a source of protection, but rather of deprivation. While law is perceived by broader society as a vehicle for order and justice, for the emerging nation, it is merely an instrument of oppression and indifference (Gleichgültigkeit).

Another driver of communal conflicts is ‘symbolic’ deprivation, where a dominant group follows policies that elevate its own symbols, culture and language above others. Symbolic deprivation also encompasses the resignation of the state to protect the symbols, culture and language of minorities. In contrast, class conflicts are about social stratification. 17). As increasing wealth accumulates in the hands of a small group, their control over political, educational, public and legal institutions is consolidated, leading to social tensions.

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