The role of state budget in giving and making sense of racism: some evidences from Fiji

Type Journal Article - Mornach University
Title The role of state budget in giving and making sense of racism: some evidences from Fiji
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2005
URL https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Umesh_Sharma16/publication/228484425_The_role_of_state_budget_i​n_giving_and_making_sense_of_racism_some_evidences_from_Fiji/links/00b49527c101bf37b6000000.pdf
Abstract
It is beyond doubt that state budgets have become very influential in the emergence and functioning of modern states and societies worldwide. In this paper we go beyond the narrow technical and objective roles of state budgets, into how state budgets with provision for affirmative action have become a tool for racial differentiation. We argue that budgetary allocations for affirmative action not only create a pattern of visibility and power which in turn shape racial discourse, but future budgets also get shaped by such conditions. Abstract It is beyond doubt that state budgets have become very influential in the emergence and functioning of modern states and societies worldwide. In this paper we go beyond the narrow technical and objective roles of state budgets, into how state budgets with provision for affirmative action have become a tool for racial differentiation. We argue that budgetary allocations for affirmative action not only create a pattern of visibility and power which in turn shape racial discourse, but future budgets also get shaped by such conditions.

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