POL114H5 Lecture 8: Huntington's World
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Lecture 8 - huntington"s world. Monday, november 2, 2015. This week (world of civilian causalities) - explanation of armed conflict (more often war) Why does it occur? (why does it occur at all??) Why do people join? (recruitment) Why does it continue? (why does it keep going, why does war keep going) Cultural (huntington) (emphasis on cultural differences) Economic (ex. the profitability of keeping a war going) Political (leaders) (would look at political leaders) Milosevic"s, tudman"s ambitions (to gain more power than they already had) Power and control based on nationalism. War = means to end (a strategy to get what they wanted which was more power and control) Violence = not inevitable (can go one way or another) Hatred among serbs, croats, muslims (have hated each other for thousands of years) Acted on hatred when opportunity arose (cold war) War = end in itself (expression of those inherit animosity) (inherit to hate other groups to kill, etc. )
