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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.
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
11 gru 2009 · This article provides an overview of the extent of ethnic division in modern states, describes characteristic patterns of ethnic mobilization and focuses on a smaller set of illustrative cases that reveal many of these patterns.
2 lip 2009 · This article focuses on ethnic conflict and ethnic identity. It begins by differentiating these from nationalism, national identity, and civil wars. It presents a survey of the explanations provided in four traditions of enquiry, and also provides an analysis of the inadequacies or merits of arguments within each tradition.
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.
25 lut 2016 · Conceptual chapters introduce theories of ethnic conflict, then place such conflicts into the context of international debates over sovereignty and intervention. Geographically diverse case studies highlight different types of ethnic conflict and international responses to them.
The following are examples of levels in the category for which ethnographers have re-ported conflict: (a) local communities, each operating autonomously, in conflicts against one another; (b) allied clusters of local com-munities; (c) nonlocalized social groups, such as lineages, clans, and associations, which are mobilized for purposes of conflict
