Nepalese Gurkhas and their battle for equal rights
Nepalese Gurkhas and their battle for equal rights
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尼泊尔廓尔喀人及其争取平等权利的斗争
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2010
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Ché Singh Kochhar
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作者：
Ché Singh Kochhar
近200年来，尼泊尔廓尔喀人在英国军队中发挥了关键作用。这种持续关系的动态是复杂的，在许多方面具有持久的种族和身份殖民结构的特点。本文分析了这种关系，密切关注廓尔喀人在工资和养老金，指挥系统内的流动性以及对他们在英国永久定居权的限制等问题上的歧视性待遇。最初，它使读者熟悉这种关系的起源，探索殖民地对廓尔喀人作为“军事种族”的看法如何继续在公众想象中占据重要地位。它继续研究越来越多的廓尔喀诉讼，作为理解为什么制度上歧视廓尔喀人的政策被允许持续存在的一种方式。缔约国认为，殖民主义的差异概念继续占据着司法推理以及政府对廓尔喀人的法律和政策的潜台词。最后，文章提出了一些切实可行的解决办法，以纠正廓尔喀人继续经历的一些歧视问题。
For almost 200 years, Nepalese Gurkhas have played a key role within the British armed forces. The dynamics of this ongoing relationship are complex and in many ways characterised by enduring colonial constructs of race and identity. This article analyses this relationship, paying close attention to the discriminatory treatment afforded Gurkhas on matters such as pay and pensions, mobility within the chain of command and restrictions on their right to settle permanently in the UK. Initially it familiarises the reader with the origins of this relationship, exploring how colonial perceptions of the Gurkhas as a ‘martial race’ continue to occupy a powerful place in the public imagination. It goes on to examine the growing body of Gurkha litigation as a way of understanding why policies that institutionally discriminate against the Gurkhas have been allowed to persist. It contends that colonial constructs of difference continue to occupy the subtext of judicial reasoning and government law and policy vis à vis the Gurkhas. Finally, the article proposes some practical solutions to rectify some of the problems of discrimination Gurkhas continue to experience.