POLI 227 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Contact Hypothesis, Sub-Saharan Africa, Hutu

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 227
• Professor: Rex J Brynen

Document Summary

Ch. 4: the politics of cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict ethnicity remains the major source of wars/violence, even above class-conflict and conflict between nations. Extreme versus limited nationalist movements: limited: movements seeking to preserve group"s cultural identity and promote its economic and political interests, extreme: movements seeking to create a separate nation-state of their own. Increases if language/politics in state favour a majority and an area has concentrated minority feeling left out and politically/economically disadvantages because of official language i. e. tamil in india. Tribe: subnational groups that share a collective identity and language and believe themselves to hold a common lineage: tribal conflict prevalent in sub-saharan africa. Intensifies if support to one side given by international powers. Religion: deeply felt values and beliefs (on political attitudes, behavior ) source of communal strife (conflict between ethnic communities: political conflict between religious groups resulting from attempts of specific groups to rise politically/economically above others.