GOVT1107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Universal Manhood Suffrage, Tutsi, Byrsonima Crassifolia
13 Aug 2018
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Many examples of ethnic con ict (such as sunnis versus shia) are the exception not the rule. Relative to the lvlil of ethnic diversity (and thus potential for con ict), ethnic con ict is a relatively rare outcome. Top-down and voluntarist view: ethnic entrepreneurs" scapegoat ethnic others for instrumental reasons to build/ hold onto support, especially political outsiders or established politicians under threat (such as. Slobodan milosevic in serbia who drummed up support by targeting non-serbians): however, most ancient hatreds" already exist for this to be an effective strategy. Inequality where you have ranked and unranked systems - this can be a product of colonialism. Why ethnic violence often occurs during wartime or moments of great political change (such as the fall of communism in yugoslavia). Rwanda has a population of about 11. 5 million people and it is small and very densely populated and very poor. First a german colony then a belgium colony and it became independent in 1962.
