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Ethnic conflict is one of the major threats to international peace and security. Conflicts in the Balkans, Rwanda, Chechnya, Iraq, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Darfur, as well as in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, are among the best-known and deadliest examples from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Anthropological perspectives: Anthropology examines cultural, social, and historical contexts to understand ethnic identities and conflict dynamics. Historical examples: Notable ethnic conflicts include the Rwandan Genocide, the Yugoslav Wars, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The main cases where anthropology has focused pri- marily on social conflict and collective violence include early on the so-called primitive warfare, in the 1570s mainly, ethnocentrism and human universals, and rnore recently the effects of violence on individuals and groups, Furthermore, anthropology in conflict studies grows
1 sty 2010 · Ethnic, or interethnic, conflict refers to disputes between contending groups who identify themselves primarily on the basis of ethnic criteria and who make group claims to resources on the basis...
Each chapter surveys ethnic tensions in an array of nations – from the Pacific Rim, China and Southeast Asia to the Balkans, Spain and Latin America. Intensely researched ethnic conflicts – such racial tensions in the United States and South Africa - are excluded in favor of rarely studied, but crucially important, conflicts.
Marc Howard Ross examines battles over diverse cultural expressions, including Islamic headscarves in France, parades in Northern Ireland, holy sites in Jerusalem and Confederate flags in the American South to propose a psychocultural framework for understanding ethnic conflict, as well as barriers to, and opportunities for, its mitigation.
2 lip 2009 · Existing arguments about ethnic identity and/or ethnic conflict can be divided up into five traditions of enquiry: essentialism, instrumentalism, constructivism, institutionalism, and realism. There are theories within each tradition.
