Diversity and Dominance in the Arctic. Ethnic Relations in the Greenlandic Bureaucracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10389487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz (0000-0002-5059-0251, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 522-536 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01894.x |
| OpenAlex | W2034581877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 23 |
Public bureaucracies are increasingly characterized by employee diversity in terms of ethnicity. Investigating relations between ethnic groups in bureaucracies is therefore important. This article focuses on the particularly interesting case of the Greenlandic administration. Being a former Danish colony, Greenland still recruits bureaucrats from mainland Denmark. These work alongside locally hired employees resulting in an administration with different ethnicities, cultures and languages. The analysis of ethnic relations is based on 28 interviews with bureaucrats of Danish and Greenlandic origin. Even though overall relations are found to be largely harmonious, ethnicity makes a difference. Interviewees describe differences in ethnic traits and behaviour and processes of social categorization. Particularly among Greenlanders, Danes are described as dominant and this dominance is reinforced by co‐variation between ethnicity, language skills and education. Finally, inter‐group relations are found to vary with the numerical balance of ethnic groups in different parts of the bureaucracy
Bureaucracy · Danish · Diversity (politics · Dominance (genetics · Ethnic group · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Welsh · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |