Latest update August 20th, 2026 12:07 AM
Misir launches book on Racial Ethnic Imbalance in Guyana
Dr. Prem Misir, Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, on Wednesday, launched his book titled, ‘Racial Ethnic Imbalance in Guyana Public Bureaucracies: The Tension between Exclusion and Representation’.
The launching took place at Cara Lodge. The book was published by Edwin Mellen Press.
The study explores the political participation levels of two major ethnic groups in Guyana— Indians and Africans.
It is the first book on Guyana to empirically analyze to what extent the Guyanese society is divided along ethnic lines, which feeds into the political system, fostering marginalization of the under- represented.
‘Racial Ethnic Imbalance in Guyana Public Bureaucracies: The Tension between Exclusion and Representation’ places emphasizes on education, health, politics, and conflict resolution.
Dr. Misir stated, “Guyana’s persisting perceptions of racial division, undoubtedly, may enable people to believe there is inequitable and unmerited allocation of rewards. The education and income rewards, to be sure, are competitive and scarce, especially for those living below the poverty line. Given this scenario, it should not be surprising that ethnic participation in the public service may be problematic; but the evidence in this book fails to support this notion that poverty impacts ethnic participation in the public sector.”
Other works done by Dr. Misir include ‘Cultural Identity and Creolization in National Unity: The Multiethnic Caribbean’; and ‘The Political-Mass Media-Racial Complex in Guyana’.
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