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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Separatist Movements"”.
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Contemporary democratic separatist movements: The politics of new state creation by referendum
… other such cases, most typified by independence movements in places such as Catalonia, Scotland, and Quebec. This dissertation supplies that theory, as well as empirical analyses of hypotheses derived therefrom, and offers explanations for the actions of states, regions, and voters undergoing …
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Muslim separatism: the moros in Southern Philippines and the Malays in Southern Thailand
… Within this context, this thesis looks at ethnic separatist politics among the Muslim minority populations in Mindanao, the Philippines and in Patani, Thailand. It addresses several questions: having regard to the alternative explanations offered for the persistence and resurgence of ethnic …
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Muslim separatism: the moros in Southern Philippines and the Malays in Southern Thailand
… Within this context, this thesis looks at ethnic separatist politics among the Muslim minority populations in Mindanao, the Philippines and in Patani, Thailand. It addresses several questions: having regard to the alternative explanations offered for the persistence and resurgence of ethnic …
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The War on Terror and the War of Terror: Revealing the post-transformation separatism Kremlin, Radical Salafism and Post-Soviet Dagestan on a Road from the Peace to the Violence
… However, unlike in the cases of previous separatist movements which sprung up in some parts of the Russian Federation after the demise of the USSS, Dagestani separatists did not officially gather under the flags of nation but under the flags of Islam. Soon, Dagestan entered a period of …
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Sources of Discontent: An Examination of Intra-Group Divisions Among the Basques in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
… ethno-nationalist communities affect nationalist/separatist movements. While some scholars characterize ethno-nationalist groups as homogeneous social and political units, through the examination of the Basque community in Spain as a case study, I will show that there exists a considerable …
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Ethno-nationalism and the Spanish state: a comparison of three regions in Spain
… of ethnic activism, including autonomist and separatist movements in Western European countries. challenges the validity of that hypothesis. Equally significant, many attempts, historical and contemporary, to suppress ethnicity and ethnic activism have failed. Neither class consciousness nor …
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Framing Ideologies in the 2013-2014 Ukrainian Crisis: How Opposing Movements use Culture to Characterize the Issues
… known as the Maidan movement. In response, separatist movements formed in the Southern and Eastern Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea and Kharkiv. Following Russia's annexation of Crimea, separatist leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk united to form the self-proclaimed Novorossiya (New …
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Anglo-American Relations, 1789-1794
… Great Britain. Internal disunity, exemplified by separatist movements in the west and in Vermont, was an ever present consideration. The United States was not strong militarily. By remaining at peace, America gained time to reduce the national debt, develop internally, and improve the …
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Segmented pluralism and democratisation in Africa : the case of Ethiopia
… integration also advance and support for separatist movements consequently weaken If not, ethno-political conflict will continue and at worst the Yugoslav scenario might follow. Clearly the study of Ethiopian efforts at democratic change has relevance for similar problems beyond its …
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Islam's bloody borders?
… stated that "Islam has bloody borders." Separatist conflicts in which Islam plays a major role are sometimes seen as justifying this statement. This thesis looks at three of these conflicts in order to determine how Islam is used to justify separatist actions. The role of Islam, including …
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Kurds Under Threat: The Role of Kurdish Transnational Networks During Peace and Conflict (2004-2017)
<p>Previous research examines impact of ethnic ties between host states and diaspora and why states and ethnic minorities in the diaspora may occasionally support violent rebel organizations in the homeland. However, these previous studies do not really consider the relationships among co-ethnic …