POL 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hutu, Tutsi, Clain
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Interstate armed conflict: occurs between one or more states: extra-state armed conflict: occurs between state and non-state group outside its own territory. Intrastate internal conflict: occurs between the government of a stare and internal opposition groups with intervention from other states. Internal armed conflict: occurs between government of state and internal opposition of groups without intervention from other states. Intensity: minor armed conflict : at least 25 battle related deaths per year and fewer than 1000 dead during course of conflict. Intermediate armed conflict: at least 25 battle related deaths per yeas accumulated total of 1000 but fewer than 1000 per year: war: at least 1,000 battle related deaths per year. Causes of conflict: geographic, political, economic/social, regional/global factors. Geographic: weak states and ethnic geographies can cause conflict, proximate: collapsing stares and changing demographic patterns. Indian estate tamils 5. 6 to 5. 1 per cent.