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Ethnic war - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia These political scientists argue that the concept of ethnic war is misleading because it leads to the conclusion that certain groups are doomed to fight each other when in fact the wars between them are the result of political decisions. There are a number of political scientists who refer to the concept of ethnic wars as a myth because they argue that the root causes of ethnic conflict do not involve ethnicity but rather institutional, political, and economic factors. An ethnic war is a war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethnic_war   (347 words)

Ethnic Conflict, Federalism, and Democracy in India It is interesting to note that most of the ethnic conflicts are between one given ethnic group and the Union of India, as if there were no ethnic contradictions and incompatibilities between individual groups. India has witnessed ethnic conflicts in the process of its historical evolution, and the leadership of independent India was conscious that while India presents the picture of "unity and diversity," the possibility of conflict between the "unity" and the "diversity" could not be ruled out. India also bears witness to the fact that the precipitation and intensification of ethnic conflicts by cultural diversity is not a unilinear or irreversible process. www.punjabilok.com /misc/terrorism/6.htm   (5786 words)

Tribal Identity and Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India I propose that the concept of "ethnonationalism" best define the self-understanding of the ethnic groups in Northeast India in the various forms of their struggle for identity. The multiethnic and multicultural setting of India and India's struggle to define its nationhood since the nationalist movement provided a fertile soil for the development of ethnonationalism and other forms of identity-quest. Carmen Abubakar defines ethnonationalism as "Ethnic groups claiming to be [or to possess] nations and states in the past or that have the potential of becoming [nations or states and] are now demanding and asserting these claims as (historic) rights to self determination for local autonomy or independence." www.martynmission.cam.ac.uk /CIdentitypage1.htm   (998 words)

Ethnic conflict (from New Zealand) --  Encyclopædia Britannica Relations between the Hutu and the Tutsi peoples in Rwanda and Burundi have long been plagued by extreme ethnic violence marked by large-scale massacres at the hands of both groups. Ethnic Conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi Tribes in Burundi. More results on "Ethnic conflict (from New Zealand)" when you join. www.britannica.com /eb/article-43598   (809 words)

Article According to this ‘conventional wisdom’ (i) ethnic identities in India were not primordial but constructed, permeable and contingent, (ii) ethnic groups selectively emphasised particular dimensions of their identity as appropriate, (iii) ethnic groups lacked cohesion, and (iv) the Indian state was secular and sought to foster political integration alongside a multicultural society. As per the ‘conventional wisdom’ on the subject, much of India’s contemporary ethnic conflict was a consequence of “political perversion: that is, the decline of Nehruvian values identified in post-Nehruvian processes of centralisation, deinstitutionalisation, and political decay” (p 39). He suggests that India be viewed as an ‘ethnic democracy’ as against the prevalent assumption of India being a secular, multinational and plural democracy. www.epw.org.in /showArticles.php?root=2001&leaf=04&filename=2409&filetype=html   (7737 words)

Survey of Conflict & Resolution in India's Northeast - Ajai Sahni Internal conflicts in India’s Northeast are overwhelmingly conceptualised within the framework of unique ethnic identities that are threatened by, and in confrontation with, the nationalist state, which is often seen as a representative of an inchoate cultural ‘mainstream’. A substantial proportion of the current proliferation of armed groups representing various tribal and ethnic identities in the Northeast is the result of the demonstration effect of the ‘success’ of other such groups in the past. India’s Northeast is the location of the earliest and longest lasting insurgency in the country, in Nagaland, where separatist violence commenced in 1952, as well as of a multiplicity of more recent conflicts that have proliferated, especially since the late 1970s. www.satp.org /satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume12/Article3.htm   (4651 words)

CNN.com - Nigerian police struggle to disperse rioters in ethnic violence - October 18, 2000 Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu met leaders of Nigeria's three main ethnic groups -- the Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba -- on Tuesday. The groups signed a peace pact and called for an end to the violence, but their agreement appeared to have fallen apart. Witnesses said the attackers appeared to be neighborhood gangs of unemployed youths known as Area Boys taking advantage of fighting between the Yoruba-based OPC militia and Muslim Hausa-Fulani immigrants from northern Nigeria. europe.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/10/18/nigeria.violence.01.reut/index.html   (475 words)

List of ethnic groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indian - inhabitants of India (refers to many ethnic groups) Indigenous cultures, kingdoms and ethnic groups of Senegal Dogon - The Dogon are an ethnic group located mainly in the administrative districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in Mali, West Africa. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups   (3306 words)

Lethal Ethnic Riots: Lessons from India and Beyond: Special Reports: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace Professor Varshney's research resulted in the book Ethnic Conflict and Civil Life: Hindus and Muslims in India(Yale University Press, 2002), and focuses on why ethnic violence occurs between Hindus and Muslims in some cities in India and not in others. The former build bridges between ethnic communities while the latter reinforce ethnic boundaries and reduce positive communication and interaction between ethnic groups. Deadly ethnic riots, according to Horowitz, are characterized by a mixture of hyper-vigilance and circumspection. www.usip.org /pubs/specialreports/sr101.html   (6503 words)

Ethnic groups increase violence in India - billingsgazette.com GAUHATI, India - Militants bombed utilities, a tea plantation and a crowded marketplace in northeastern India on Sunday, intensifying violence that has killed 57 people in two days and snarling efforts to bring cease-fires in a region where dozens of ethnic rebel groups are fighting for separate homelands. Insurgent groups in India's northeast are pushing demands ranging from independent homelands to autonomy within the nation. The rebels say they are seeking to protect their ethnic identities, and allege that the federal government has exploited the resources in the mineral- and oil-rich region. www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/10/04/build/world/55-india-violence.inc   (760 words)

03/10/02PeaceIndia In his book, "Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India," he shows that large-scale ethnic violence in India does not erupt spontaneously from the street, but from active action by political groups to polarize communities, with the help of criminal gangs associated with them. Varshney's research shows that ethnic violence is localized, which means factors other than "ancient hatreds" (which should otherwise cut across India and keep it constantly burning) are at play. The head priest of Akshardham, Shastri Narayan Swarupdas, said: "I appeal to all the people of Gujarat and India to maintain peace and unity in the wake of this national tragedy." www.saliltripathi.com /articles/03_10_02PeaceIndia.html   (1049 words)

Five more villagers killed and 90 more homes torched by tribesmen - Irna Indian army soldiers were called Monday to quell the violence between the two rival ethnic groups. Five more villagers were killed and 90 homes torched by rival tribesmen Monday taking the toll in running ethnic violence in India's troubled northeastern state of Assam to 31, officials said. The attack was in retaliation to a weeklong violence in which suspected Dimasa militants belonging to the outlawed Dima Halom Daoga (DHD) killed at least 26 Karbi villagers in separate incidents. www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-16/0510101603172146.htm   (464 words)

Toft, M.D.: The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory. Her statistical findings on the paucity of ethnic violence when urban or dispersed groups are involved are striking. By skillfully combining a statistical analysis of a large number of ethnic conflicts with a focused comparison of historical cases of ethnic violence and nonviolence--including four major conflicts in the former Soviet Union--it achieves a rare balance of general applicability and deep insight. The Geography of Ethnic Violence is the first among numerous distinguished books on ethnic violence to clarify the vital role of territory in explaining such conflict. pup.princeton.edu /titles/7650.html   (539 words)

NZOOM - ONE News - World India's northeast, ringed by China, Myanmar and Bangladesh, is home to dozens of insurgent groups and ethnic tribes, some demanding greater autonomy, others a separate homeland. Elections in India are regularly accompanied by violence. Militants in Kashmir and in the remote northeast set off mines and fired at polling stations as India began voting to elect a new parliament, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens. onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,268786-1-9,00.html   (364 words)

Spree of deadly ethnic violence continues in India wkyc.com Spree of deadly ethnic violence continues in India POSTED: Sunday, October 03, 2004 1:30:22 PM UPDATED: Sunday, October 03, 2004 1:30:22 PM GAUHATI, India -- A wave of ethnic bombings and gunfire is continuing for a second day in northeastern India Sunday. The violence is some of the deadliest ever to hit the region, where more than three-dozen insurgent groups have been active. www.wkyc.com /news/news_print.asp?id=24344   (150 words)

List of ethnic groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dogon - The Dogon are an ethnic group located mainly in the administrative districts of Bandiagara and Douentza in Mali, West Africa. Finns - Ethnic group in Finland and Scandinavia Tamil - Dravidian group widespread in Southern India and Sri Lanka en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups   (3092 words)

Foreign Policy In Focus - Self-Determination - Listserv The recent rounds of violence between religious groups in India do more than reveal the fragility of India's secular state. However, India's Hindu Nationalists have always resembled 1930s European fascists more than they do contemporary "fundamentalists." Members of the core organization of Hindu nationalism, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), founded in the 1920s, are given paramilitary instruction, not religious, and wear khaki uniforms reminiscent of Mussolini's brownshirts. At first glance what happened in India appears to be another--if extreme--case of religious passion gone awry. selfdetermine.irc-online.org /listserv/020404_body.html   (2237 words)

Insurgent groups in Northeast India Both factions of the NSCN are considered to be among the strongest insurgent groups operating in the Northeast. Groups allied to nationally or internationally: Nationally, the BdSF is aligned with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). The Meiteis are an ethnic group residing almost exclusively in the Imphal Valley of Manipur. www.larouchepub.com /other/1995/2241_ne_india_groups.html   (4658 words)

SACW 5 Sept. 2003 In forming their alliance with India and its diasporic community, many Jewish organizations unfortunately have only reached out to unrepresentative, radicalized groups like USINPAC that are too willing to ignore Hindutva's challenge to Indian democracy. To the contrary, the report said, it is an article of faith in India that the elections were free and fair, that people braved the threat of militants and rejected Hurriet's boycott call, and that voting signifies rejection of the politics of separatism. It so happens that India and Pakistan are in a state when a hot war is about to begin, not to mention the 56 years of their cold war. www.mail-archive.com /sacw@insaf.net/msg00005.html   (6758 words)

Global Issues of the Twenty-First Century: United Nations Challenges Like most careful observers, denies“Balkans singularly riven by centuries-old ethnic and religious hatreds.”Longer-term history, traditional inter-habitation ethnic groups, high levels of intermarriage in cosmopolitan cities, disprove this. Ethnic cleansing ordered(Milosevic/Tudjman)and carried out notably by men from villages and small towns. Most valuable, however, is 20-year Balkan veteran’s main aim: to test his view of origin of recent terrible ethnic blood-letting. www.global-challenges.org /13ethnicity-nationalism.html   (6082 words)

Stanford University Political Science: David Laitin “Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India” A Review Symposium, on the publication of a book by Ashutosh Varshney, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 39.1 (March 2001) pp. Commentary on Francisco J. Gil-White “Are Ethnic Groups Biological ‘Species’ to the Human Brain?” Current Anthropology 42: 4 (August-October 2001) pp. "Violence and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identities" (with James Fearon) in International Organization (October, 2000) polisci.stanford.edu /faculty/laitin.html   (1723 words)

Cultural and Ethnic Food and Nutrition Education Materials: A Resource List for Educators Preventive Nutrition Issues in Ethnic and Socioeconomic Groups in the United States, Shiriki K. Kumanyika and Susan M. Krebs-Smith, p. Groups discussed include African Americans, Arab Americans, Chinese Americans, Cuban Americans, East Indian Americans, Filipino Americans, German Americans, Haitian Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish A mericans, Korean Americans, Mexican Americans, and Vietnamese Americans. Description: Part of the Ethnic and Regional Food Practices Series, this booklet discusses traditional foods and health beliefs of people from India and Pakistan, as well as current food practices by religion and region of origin. www.nal.usda.gov /fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/ethnic.html   (12219 words)

Muong language resources Jump to: navigation, search The Muong are one of the ethnic groups inhabiting the mountainous region of Northern Vietnam. See also: List of ethnic groups in Vietnam [ edit ]... [ edit ] See also List of ethnic groups in... www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Muong.html   (1471 words)

Major Religions Ranked by Size Wiccan groups have traditionally been secretive and often their numbers can only be estimated based on magazine circulations, attendance at conferences, etc. The counts of many ethnic-based faith groups such as tribal religions are generally based on the size of associated ethnic groups. This religion is almost entirely confined to India and to ethnic Jains. Groups such as Rastafarians, Mandeans, Tenrikyo, and the Church of Scientology are too small, too new or too unimportant in world history to be included in most surveys of "major world religions." Thus, in including such groups in this listing it is not always possible to appeal to a consensus within comparative religion literature. www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html   (11821 words)

Jingpo - China-related Topics JI-JL - China-Related Topics They form one of the List of Chinese ethnic groups56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Apart from China, they also form a minority in Myanmar where they are called Kachin and in India where they are called Singpho. The Jingpo people (Chinese: &; Jǐngpōz?; own names: Jingpo, Tsaiva, Lechi) are an ethnic group. www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Jingpo   (152 words)

Ethnic Conflict "Ethnic Conflict: The Perils of Military Intervention," WILLIAM A. STOFFT and GARY L. Parameters, Spring 1995, pp. Ethnic Violence in Central Asia: Perceptions and Misperceptions, Martha Brill Olcott Ethnic Conflict Resolution and U.S. Assistance, Nancy Lubin www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/ethnic.htm   (685 words)

Major Religions Ranked by Size Wiccan groups have traditionally been secretive and often their numbers can only be estimated based on magazine circulations, attendance at conferences, etc. The counts of many ethnic-based faith groups such as tribal religions are generally based on the size of associated ethnic groups. Groups such as Rastafarians, Mandeans, Tenrikyo, and the Church of Scientology are too small, too new or too unimportant in world history to be included in most surveys of "major world religions." Thus, in including such groups in this listing it is not always possible to appeal to a consensus within comparative religion literature. This list is based primarily on the degree of doctrinal/theological similarity among all the various sub-groups which belong to these classifications, and to a lesser extent based on diversity in practice, ritual and organization. www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html   (11829 words)

India  Assam Freedom Fighters Attack Indian Cities StrategyPage.com GAUHATI, India - Militants bombed utilities, a tea plantation and a crowded marketplace in northeastern India, intensifying violence that has killed 63 people in more than two days and snarling efforts to bring cease-fires in a region where dozens of ethnic rebel groups are fighting for separate homelands. Insurgent groups in India’s northeast are pushing demands ranging from independent homelands to autonomy within the nation. Nearly 40 groups have been fighting in the mountainous region of multiple ethnicities wedged between Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/72-6795.asp   (946 words)

Tribal Identity and Ethnic Conflicts in Northeast India [page 3] The expectations to achieve economic and political liberation on the basis of ethnic groups have led to feuds between the people groups within the region. I am aware of the fact that in Northeast India, there are a number of "tribal" scholars who unquestioningly accept the nomenclature, and some find what is tribal in their tribal identity. The problem in India [or the task of the anthropologists] was to identify rather than define tribes, and scientific or theoretical considerations were never allowed to displace administrative or political ones.... www.martynmission.cam.ac.uk /CIdentitypage3.htm   (1624 words)

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