Compulsory segregation

Date and country of first publication

1997
South Africa

Definition

Compulsory segregation refers to a policy or practice of separating certain groups of people based on specific attributes or characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, or religion, and mandating their physical separation in public spaces, institutions, or organizations. This form of segregation is often enforced by laws or regulations and is in contrast to voluntary segregation where individuals or groups segregate themselves willingly. Compulsory segregation has been implemented in various societies throughout history as a means of promoting social, political, or economic inequality, and has generally been criticized as discriminatory and unjust.

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Compulsory segregation appears in the following literature

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Seng L.K. (2008). 'Our lives are bad but our luck is good': A social history of leprosy in Singapore. Social History of Medicine, 21(2), 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkn035

Loong C.W., Fong H.S. (2013). Oral History, Heritage Conservation, and the Leprosy Settlement: The Sungai Buloh Community in Malaysia. Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 159-175. Palgrave Macmillan.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311672_9

Snelders S., Van Bergen L., Huisman F. (2021). Leprosy and the colonial gaze: Comparing the dutch West and East Indies, 1750 1950. Social History of Medicine, 34(2), 611-631. Oxford University Press.https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkz079