ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Syrian Civil War, Rwandan Genocide, Rationality
19 Feb 2016
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Introduction to the study of conflicts and human rights ech- Communist rebellion: material resources, identity-related (ethnicity and religion) Fighting to preserve ethnic rights or survival: distributional (zero-sum game, marxism. Causes of conflict not causes of genocide. Causes of genocide vs. causes of civil war. Describe outbreak of conflict not what happened, type of. Conflict could start off ideological = cause of conflict, then. Causes of conflict = multiple work structural (society), group violence investigate why ordinary ppl decide to support level (how terrorist organizations recruit), individual why someone joined/why support movement. Usa fight for oil, or is oil subsequent aspect of war diamonds of oil e. g. oil war in. Syria and iraq, war didn"t start b/c there"s oil there, but it does help terrorist groups fund themselves - *blackmarket oil sold to. Turkey, has been funding isis since 2014; however isis didn"t appear b/c of oil causes not resources* No single cause for conflict, not easy answer, not single answer.
