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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.
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.
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
The anthropological study of ethnicity shows that ethnic labels are constructed, used, and understood differently by communities, political actors (both state and non-state), and scholars. It also shows that shifting claims over ethnic categories connect to broader debates surrounding authenticity, recognition, and social belonging.
4 lut 2020 · Ethnic conflict can re-emerge in formerly unitary republics, populist nationalistic politicians often work their way to prominence through democratic channels, and mass communication has made xenophobia much easier to transmit.
1 sty 2010 · Abstract. 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...
From the movements for autonomy in Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and France to the strivings for a more formally plural- istic society in the United States, ethnic and racial cleavages have become a part of the political landscape of many of the western industrialized countries.
