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Conflicts without borders.(Contagions)
MANY GOVERNMENTS around the world identify stopping and stemming "ethnic and religious hatreds" as a major foreign-policy priority. Quite simply, in the words of the 2006 U.S. National Security Strategy, such "conflicts do not stay isolated for long and often spread or devolve into humanitarian tragedy or anarchy." Yet, ethnic conflicts do not simply appear out of thin air. They can be traced primarily to the decisions of political leaders. The spread of ethnic conflict is not automatic either. For existing ethnic conflicts to move beyond their original borders, the relevant actors--ethnic communities, states and other private-interest groups--need to make a choice. If ...
- Beyond ethnicity: the global comparative analysis of ethnic conflict.
- International Journal of Comparative Sociology Fenton, Steve July 1, 2004 700+ words
...understanding ethnic conflict lies in treating...A first look at ethnic conflict does indeed suggest...hostility. Where conflicts with an ethnic profile...questioned the phrase "ethnic conflict." "Ethnic conflicts," he writes...
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- Magazine article from: American Political Science Review Esman, Milton J. September 1, 1998 700+ words
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- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Riches, David March 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review Carment, David January 1, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review January 1, 2007 700+ words
...decade of ethnic conflict. Following...genocidal conflicts that were...or ongoing ethnic conflict. This issue...how ethnic conflicts are generated...analysis of ethnic conflict's foundations...that these conflicts ought to...
- The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and Cultural...
- Magazine article from: American Political Science Review Carment, David B. March 1, 2000 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review Collier, Paul January 1, 2007 700+ words
...phrase "ethnic conflict" hovers...violence, conflicts are indeed...During a conflict, ethnicity...ending ethnic conflict" cannot...variants of ethnic conflict; however...prevent such conflicts from starting...