Against the concept of ethnic conflict

Article Abstract:

An argument for abandoning the field of ethnic conflict as ethnic conflict framework is very rarely best one for the study of politics. After an inspection there appear only two rare kinds of situation where the concept of ethnic conflict is apposite, and the highly contextual nature of such situations means the reduced concept has little leverage.

Ethnic relations, Culture conflict, Cultural conflict

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Framing post-conflict societies: International pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states

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The pathologistation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the framing of the Cambodian and post-Yugoslav states is examined. The notion of failed states fixes culpability for war on the societies in question, rendering the domestic populations dysfunctional while casting international rescue interventions as functional.

Cambodia, Political aspects, Cambodian foreign relations

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Water and international conflict

Article Abstract:

Possible solutions for international disputes over water rights are presented. Topics include the disparate causes and types of conflict over water and the effectiveness of international institutions.

Planning, Water rights (International law), Pacific settlement of international disputes, Peace negotiations

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