PPGC67H3 Final: Final Terms.doc
Document Summary
Often used by leaders to mobilize group support for their own political economic objectives. Competition for scarce resources in poor countries, each ethnic group must contend for limited government resources. The inability of institutions in many developing countries to effectively manage differences can result in violence. Democracy represents a major change in the status quo / phenomenon. The availability of weapons increase the changes or conflicts among groups to escalate. Isolated hutus (85% of the population), supported tutsis (14% of the population) Caused the conflict between majority group (hutus) and minority group (tutsis) Hutus" president + prime minister = no tutsis in power. Long term presidency by hutu (3 times continuous) The very next day, hutus started genocide. Fault lines of democratic party systems: class cleavage. Social distinctions that reflect the division of society according to income and social position: ethnic cleavage.
