Ethnic conflicts are world-wide phenomena producing discrimination, violence, and at times, unspeakable atrocities. Two thirds of international conflicts today are ethnopolitical conflicts. Some are long-entrenched disputes dating back centuries. Others are the by-products of re…
"Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embo…
The assumption of this research is that religious violence in Northern Nigeria is a product of both contemporary religious media and the religious history of Northern Nigeria. There are many contributing factors to the crises in Northern Nigeria, which include poverty, land allo…
This thesis will explain how social disorganization leads to the radicalization. During the process of rapid change (e.g. abrupt democratization of previously authoritarian Bosnian society) new situations cause development of new desires (e.g. a need for greater independence fro…
In Today’s world, we have been witnessed several terrorist events originating from ethnic conflicts. Millions of people have been killed and displaced because of violent ethnic conflicts. In order to deal with ethnic violence, countries employ various policy interventions from h…
The Hindu nationalist movement's combination of State power and paramilitary violence has established unsecular, subordinationalist, cleansing counter-polities within the Indian Republic. Despite constitutional guarantees of legal equality and protection, minorities (Christians …
Many states are ethnically plural today with potentials of experiencing ethnic wars. Thus, it is important to understand why ethnic conflicts and wars happen. This dissertation proposes an integrated approach based on two major theories, the spiral and conflictual modernization,…
"The end of one war is frequently the beginning of another because the cessation of conflict produces two new challenges: a contest between the winners and losers over the terms of peace, and a battle within the winning party over the spoils of war. As the victors and the vanqui…
"The end of one war is frequently the beginning of another because the cessation of conflict produces two new challenges: a contest between the winners and losers over the terms of peace, and a battle within the winning party over the spoils of war. As the victors and the vanqui…