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A Comparative Study between Majority and Minority group on Liberalism-Conservatism Attitudes in Bangladesh
(University of Rajshahi, 2013) Bhattacharjee, Chaya; Haque, Md. Enamul
The present study attempted at investigating the similarities and differences of liberalism-conservatism attitudes of majority and minority groups as related to gender and socio-economic status differences within the framework of socio cultural background in Bangladesh. The study has been developed under the theoretical framework of (i) Realistic Group Conflict Theory; (ii) Social Identity Theories; (iii) Social In Group and Out Group Model; (iv) Psychoanalytic Approaches; (v) Sociological Approaches; (vi) Liberalism - Conservatism Approach; and (vii) Rotter’s Social Learning Theory and Internal - External Control of Personality. All these theoretical interpretation have been utilized and integrated in order to show similarities and differences of liberalism-conservatism attitudes of majority (Muslim) and minority (Hindu) groups in Bangladesh. The present study used a multidimensional correlation approach with a criterion group design. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, criterion groups of majority (Muslim) and minority (Hindu) were selected on the basis of their personal information sheet and religious affiliation. Majority (Muslim) and minority (Hindu) further subdivided into male and female on the basis of their personal information sheet. These were again subdivided into upper middle SES and lower middle SES on the basis of their SES criteria questionnaire. This criterion group design has been utilized for distinguishing differences and similarities of liberalism-conservatism attitudes as related to personality variables and socio-economic status for this study. In the second phase, the criterion groups were given measures of (i) Liberalism-conservatism attitude, (ii) Majority-minority attitude, (iii) personality and (iv) Demographic variables. Socio-demographic information included occupation, annual income and education questionnaire. The study utilized a sample comprised of majority (Muslim) and minority (Hindu) groups which were drawn from Dhaka and Rajshahi cities. Each group was composed of 120 respondents equally divided into Muslim and Hindu. Again these groups were subdivided into male and female. Furthermore, these groups were subdivided into upper middle SES and lower middle SES. Thus the total respondents were 240 Ss. The main objective of the study was to find out the similarities and differences in majority-minority attitudes, liberalism-conservatism attitudes and internality, powerful others and chance with reference to gender and SES of Muslim and Hindu ethnic groups of Bangladesh. Some specific objectives of the study are as follows: i. To study the patterns of similarities and differences in majority-minority attitudes as a function of ethnicity. ii. To study the patterns of differences and similarities in liberalism-conservatism attitude with reference to ethnicity. iii. To study patterns of similarities and differences in certain personality variables including internality, powerful others and chance as related to ethnicity………………………….
A Study of Socio-Political Attitudes of Minority Groups in Bangladesh
(University of Rajshahi, 2008) Bhattacharjee, Chaya; Ziauddin, Syed Mohammad
The study focused on some socio-political attitudes, like attitudes towards ethnic relations, voting attitudes, and attitudes towards conservative-radical ideas. Its relation with ethnic demographics like majority-minority (Hindu-Muslim), sex (Male-Female) and socioeconomic status (High-Low) in the socio-political context of Bangladesh. Different Theoretical approaches were taken such as 1. Three Psychological Approaches to Minority-Majority Conflict: (a) Realistic Group Conflict Theory (b) Social Identity Theories (c) Psychodynamic Theories 2. Social In-group -Out-group Model: 3. Psychoanalytic Approaches: 4. Sociological Approaches: The study tried to find the functional relationships existing among various dimensions of ethic relations, voting attitudes and attitudes towards conservative and radical ideas. The broad objective of the study was to explore the patterns of socio-political attitudes of the ethnic groups in Bangladesh. More specifically the objectives of the study were as follows: To study pattern of similarities and differences in socio-political attitudinal constellations on ethnic relation, voting, and ideological orientations by the Minority( Hindu) and Majority(Muslim) as related to sex ,and socio-economic status To study patterns of similarities and differences in ethnic attitudes as related to socio-Political attitudes. To reflect on Majority (Muslim) and Minority (Hindu) groups on attitudes toward healthy minority-majority ethnic relation. To study male-female differences in attitude toward ethnic relations in Bangladeshi socio-political context. To study similarity and differences in attitude toward ethnic relations related to conservatism-radicalism, and voting attitude of the Muslim majority and the Hindu minority groups. To study the differences in attitude toward ethnic relations as related to high-low socio-economic status .urban-rural residential background. The measures used in this study were as follows: 1. Attitudes towards healthy minority-majority relation scale (A THMMRS) 2. Voting Attitude scale (VAS) 3. Conservatism-Radicalism Scale (C-R) The study used student sample. A total of 400 Ss equally divided into Muslim (majority) and Hindus (minority) groups were used. Each group was again equally sub-divided into Male and Female. Each Male and Female category was again sub-divided into High and Low according to their socio-economic status. Thus a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design involving 2 levels of group composition (Muslim/Hindus), 2 levels of sex (Male/Female) and 2 levels of economic status (High/Low) were used. Analysis of results was computed in two parts. In the first part a factorial ANOV A using 2 x 2 x 2 design was used on the scores of Attitudes towards healthy minority-majority relation scale, Voting Attitude Scale and conservatism-radicalism scale. In the second part, t-test was computed on the scores of these scales. The study made three specific hypotheses. These were as follows: ……………………………………………