Locating women within ethnic movements

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-161
Author(s):  
Barasa Deka
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Movements

Democracy, Indigenous Movements, and Postliberal Challenge in Latin America

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Yashar
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Democratic Consolidation ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Indigenous Movements ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Community Rights ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Ethnic Movements

Scholars of democratic consolidation have come to focus on the links between political institutions and enduring regime outcomes. This article takes issue with the conceptual and analytical underpinnings of this literature by highlighting how new political institutions, rather than securing democratic politics, have in fact had a more checkered effect. It delineates why the theoretical expectations of the democratic consolidation literature have not been realized and draws, by example, on the contemporary ethnic movements that are now challenging third-wave democracies. In particular, it highlights how contemporary indigenous movements, emerging in response to unevenly institutionalized reforms, pose a postliberal challenge to Latin America's I newly founded democracies. These movements have sparked political debates and constitutional reforms over community rights, territorial autonomy, and a multiethnic citizenry. As a whole, I they have laid bare the weakness of state institutions, the contested terms of democracy, and the I indeterminacy of ethnic accommodation in the region. As such, these movements highlight the need to qualify somewhat premature and narrow discussions of democratic consolidation in favor I of a broader research agenda on democratic politics.

scholarly journals An Assessment of the Causes of the Madhesh Movement 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Sedunath Dhakal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Violent Conflict ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Conflict ◽  
The People ◽  
Maoist Insurgency ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Ethnic Movements ◽  
Conflict Period

Conflict in a place is not caused by only a single factor. Many socio-economic, political and cultural factors are responsible to create a violent conflict. Nepal faced socio-political and regional conflict during the past decades, particularly after a decadelong Maoist insurgency had come to an end with peaceful resolution. The people’s movement 2062-63 overthrew the century-long monarchy system of governance, but there occurred different ethnic and regional movements for the identity and recognition. The Madhesh Movement of 2007 and 2015 were very remarkable for the socio-political changes in Nepal. There are many reasons behind Madhesh Movement 2015. This paper has analyzed the four major factors that caused the Madhesh Movement 2015, which are: (i) Poverty, Discrimination and Exploitation (ii) Exclusionary Nature of the State (iii) Influence of Ethnic Movements of Nepal in the Madhesh Movement 2015, and (iv)The Madhesh Movement for Identity. Although the movement occurred throughout Madhesh, four major conflict zones viz. Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, and Tikapur were taken as the research site. Owing to the same fact, this research paper is based on the response of the people from the conflict zones, experts’ opinions about the conflict, and the selected newspaper opinion articles during the major conflict period.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Manuel Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Violent Conflict ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Ethnic Mobilization ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Group Mobilization ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Ethnic Movements

This chapter introduces the puzzle that the book seeks to explain. Ethnic movements—that is, organized political campaigns by groups whose collective identity is defined by language, religion, or other ethnic markers to influence state policy—have haunted politics in almost all of today’s states. Yet, while they have provoked violent conflict in some countries, they have remained peaceful in others. Strikingly, some of the most unequal societies of today’s world have experienced mostly nonviolent ethnic group mobilization. Starting from concrete case examples, the chapter presents the book’s central question: why is ethnic mobilization more likely to trigger violent conflict in some countries than in others? By discussing the merits and shortcomings of existing studies, it reveals the need for a theory that explains both why ethnic groups rebel and how they rebel. The chapter then describes the study’s empirical approach and outlines the plan of the book.

Ethnographic Situation' and Ethnic Movements

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Albert
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Movements

scholarly journals IMPACT OF TRUMP POLICIES ON US-EU PARTNERSHIP IN CURRENT AND PROJECTED TIMEFRAME

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Fareeha Majeed
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Multidimensional Problems ◽  
The People ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The World ◽  
American Elections ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Ethnic Movements ◽  
The Voice

After the American elections of 2016, an upset occurred with the victory of Donald Trump as the president of United States of America. From day one, he was in lime light due to his controversial polices and extremist behaviour towards Muslims and other countries of the world. Similarly, he had a very odd behaviour towards European Union and its member countries or in other words it would be accurate to say that he wanted to demolish European Union. In current scenario, EU is facing multidimensional problems in the form refugee crisis from many parts of the world, Russian aggressive policies towards EU, ethnic movements in Europe, and above all critical elections in Italy, France and the Netherlands. Currently, it seems that the whole Europe is at stake and all these circumstances are leading EU towards a huge crisis. It seems that EU is facing the most difficult time period since its emergence. Critics are clearly indicating that EU could only survive with the active participation of France and Germany and that Europe needs serious changes by hearing the voice of the people and can gain its strength back by solving the major issues such as immigration problems and increased terrorism.

Mobilization and Conflict in Multiethnic States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
Ethnic Organizations ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
European Colonialism ◽  
Ethnic Movements

Why are ethnic movements more likely to turn violent in some multiethnic countries than in others? Focusing on the long-term legacies of European colonialism, this book presents two ideal-typical logics of ethnic group mobilization—one of violent competition and another of nonviolent emancipatory opposition. The book’s theory first explains why ethnic grievances are translated into either violent or nonviolent forms of conflict as a function of distinct ethnic cleavage types, resulting from different colonial experiences. Violent intergroup conflict is least likely where settler colonialism resulted in persistent stratification, with ethnic groups organized as ethnoclasses. Such stratified societies are characterized by an equilibrium of inequality, in which historically marginalized groups lack both the organizational strength and the opportunities for armed rebellion. In contrast, where colonialism and decolonization divided ethnic groups into segmented, unranked subsocieties that feature distinct socioeconomic and cultural institutions, ethnic mobilization is more likely to trigger violent conflict. Second, the theory links this structural explanation to the political actors at the heart of ethnic movements—in particular, ethnic organizations. It elucidates how these organizations fuel the risk of civil conflict in segmented unranked societies, but peacefully promote the empowerment of historically marginalized groups in stratified societies. The book draws on an innovative mixed-methods design that combines large-n statistical analyses—using new data on the linguistic and religious segmentation of ethnic groups, as well as on ethnic organizations—with case studies based on original field research in four different countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

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