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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Inter-ethnic conflict"”.
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Political violence and inter-ethnic conflict: an analysis with reference to Chechnya and Northern Ireland
With an emphasis on the conflicts of Nothern Ireland and Chechnya, this thesis investigates the contributing factors prevalent in the emergence and continuation of inter-ethnic violence and division. A willingness for one ethnic group to engage in political violence against another requires the …
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An examination of the intercultural outcome of a policy of educational division based on spoken language : the case of educational policy in Vukovar, Croatia
… region struggling with the consequences of inter-ethnic conflict and human suffering. Poorly addressed post-ethnic reconciliation issues resulted in many challenges in everyday living for the people of Vukovar, especially so with the segregation of the public educational system based on …
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It takes two hands to clap conflict, peacebuilding, and gender justice in Jonglei, South Sudan
… (SPLA) of the south—the longest of all armed conflicts on the African continent. There is a stark contrast between the rhetoric of post-war unity and peace and the realities of heightened tensions on the ground; the United Nations has warned that escalating inter-ethnic violence threatens to …
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The construction of a #national identity' : a study of selected secondary school textbooks in Malaysia's education system, with particular reference to Peninsular Malaysia
The overriding concern of a multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious Malaysia has always been with inter-ethnic conflict and resolution. It is therefore little wonder that the Malaysian education system is seen arxl utilised by the State as an important social institution where certain ideas, …
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Building Coercive Capacity: Three Essays
… using individual-level career data. Extant conflicts and social cleavages often shape how states expand power to the periphery. The chapter “How Settlement and Inter-Ethnic Conflict Over Property Rights Shapes State Capacity” focuses on Japanese-led state-building in Manchuria. I examine the …
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Ethnic Violence on Kenya's Periphery: Informal Institutions and Local Resilience in Conflict-Affected Communities
<p>Deadly, inter-ethnic group conflict remains a threat to international security in a world where the majority of armed violence occurs not only within states but in the most ungoverned areas within states. Conflicts that occur between groups living in largely ungoverned areas often become deeply …
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An analysis of local perceptions of the role of drought in exacerbating contemporary pastoral conflict in northern Kenya: a case study of Marsabit County
… and settlement in the region. However, frequent conflicts have been experienced among these communities due to scarcity of natural resources and drought. Pastoralists in Kenya are concern with raising their livestock, moving the herds in search of scarce resources such as water and pasture. The …
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The role of humans, climate and vegetation in the complex fire regimes of north-east Namibia
This thesis explores how interactions and feedbacks between environmental and socio-historical factors influenced fire management dynamics in north-east Namibia. Fires are mostly human ignited, but precipitation patterns influence when and where fires can occur, and there are feedbacks between …