Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?

The former British colony in Central America, Belize, is usually described by observers as well as administrators and rulers, in terms of cultural diversity and multiplicity of ethnic groups which compose it. However, since recent independence (1981), the Government of Belize has not implemented mul...

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Autores: Cunin, Elisabeth, Hoffmann, Odile
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:Multiculturalism, ethnicity, postcolonial, Belize, public policy
Multiculturalismo, etnicidad, poscolonial, Belice, política pública
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Belice, ¿una sociedad pluricultural sin políticas multiculturales?
title Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
spellingShingle Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
Cunin, Elisabeth
Multiculturalism, ethnicity, postcolonial, Belize, public policy
Multiculturalismo, etnicidad, poscolonial, Belice, política pública
title_short Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
title_full Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
title_fullStr Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
title_full_unstemmed Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cunin, Elisabeth
Hoffmann, Odile
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Hoffmann, Odile
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Multiculturalism, ethnicity, postcolonial, Belize, public policy
Multiculturalismo, etnicidad, poscolonial, Belice, política pública
topic Multiculturalism, ethnicity, postcolonial, Belize, public policy
Multiculturalismo, etnicidad, poscolonial, Belice, política pública
description The former British colony in Central America, Belize, is usually described by observers as well as administrators and rulers, in terms of cultural diversity and multiplicity of ethnic groups which compose it. However, since recent independence (1981), the Government of Belize has not implemented multicultural policies that would grant differential treatment to individuals because of their ethnicity or racial background, as it is the case in the Americas since the 1980 - 90. The objective of the article is to understand this gap between the diversity of society and the absence of multicultural policies. It is based on the analysis of two types of public policies: cultural policies and property control policies. The article is built around a double questioning on the modalities for the implementation of a national project: how the Government of Belize has managed the legacy of the “divide and rule” colonial policy aimed at segmenting the population? How has it adapted to the “multicultural turn” of the years 1980-90 and its logic of recognition of diversity? The analysis tends to show that taking account of otherness by public policy is part of the British colonial tradition while integrating the aspirations born of the long march towards independence, and it also creates specific forms of management of the difference, in the sense of differential redistribution on the basis of collective memberships.
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spelling Belize, a pluricultural society without multicultural policies?Belice, ¿una sociedad pluricultural sin políticas multiculturales?Cunin, ElisabethHoffmann, OdileMulticulturalism, ethnicity, postcolonial, Belize, public policyMulticulturalismo, etnicidad, poscolonial, Belice, política públicaThe former British colony in Central America, Belize, is usually described by observers as well as administrators and rulers, in terms of cultural diversity and multiplicity of ethnic groups which compose it. However, since recent independence (1981), the Government of Belize has not implemented multicultural policies that would grant differential treatment to individuals because of their ethnicity or racial background, as it is the case in the Americas since the 1980 - 90. The objective of the article is to understand this gap between the diversity of society and the absence of multicultural policies. It is based on the analysis of two types of public policies: cultural policies and property control policies. The article is built around a double questioning on the modalities for the implementation of a national project: how the Government of Belize has managed the legacy of the “divide and rule” colonial policy aimed at segmenting the population? How has it adapted to the “multicultural turn” of the years 1980-90 and its logic of recognition of diversity? The analysis tends to show that taking account of otherness by public policy is part of the British colonial tradition while integrating the aspirations born of the long march towards independence, and it also creates specific forms of management of the difference, in the sense of differential redistribution on the basis of collective memberships.Belice se describe generalmente en referencia a su diversidad cultural y a la multiplicidad de grupos étnicos que lo componen. Sin embargo, desde la independencia reciente no se elaboraron políticas multiculturales que otorguen un trato diferencial a los individuos debido a sus identificaciones étnicas o raciales, tal como sucede en otros países de América desde los años 1980-1990. El objetivo del artículo es entender este desfase entre diversidad de la sociedad y ausencia de políticas multiculturales. Se apoya en el análisis de dos tipos de políticas públicas: las políticas culturales y las políticas de control de la propiedad. El artículo se estructura alrededor de un doble cuestionamiento acerca de las modalidades de elaboración del proyecto nacional en Belice. El análisis tiende a mostrar que la gestión de la alteridad se inscribe en la tradición colonial británica a la vez que integra las aspiraciones nacidas de la larga marcha hacia la independencia y que suscita formas específicas de gestión de la diferencia, en el sentido de políticas basadas en la redistribución diferencial de recursos sobre la base de pertenencias colectivas.Universidad de Costa Rica2019-04-08info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPeer Reviewed SectionArtículo evaluado por paresartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/epub+ziphttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/anuario/article/view/3766510.15517/aeca.v45i0.37665Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos; Vol. 45 (2019); 185-209Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos; Vol. 45 (2019); 185-209Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos; Vol. 45 (2019); 185-2092215-41750377-731610.15517/aeca.v45i0reponame:Portal de Revistas UCRinstname:Universidad de Costa Ricainstacron:UCRspahttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/anuario/article/view/37665/38498https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/anuario/article/view/37665/41889https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/anuario/article/view/37665/41890Derechos de autor 2019 Elisabeth Cunin, Odile Hoffmannacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-06-10T17:11:11Zoai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/37665Portal de revistashttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.ucr.ac.crhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaijorge.polanco@ucr.ac.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2025-08-13T09:48:09.142Portal de Revistas UCR - Universidad de Costa Ricafalse
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