scholarly journals Managing Ethnic Conflict for Nation Building: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhana Saad ◽  
Ray Ikechukwu Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Nation Building

The Essence of Analogy: Conflict Termination and State-building Lessons from Bosnia-Herzegovina to Syria

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-278
Author(s):  
Gorana Grgić
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Building ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Bosnian War ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Historical Analogy ◽  
Dayton Peace Agreement ◽  
Conflict Termination

Abstract From the perspective of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) today, the legacy of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) remains mixed. The dominant view is that the DPA is the origin of its political impasse, economic stagnation, and failed nation-building. Yet, it is indisputable that DPA has been successful in preventing the recurrence of a major violent ethnic conflict in BiH. More recently, the failures of Syrian peace talks to yield a durable settlement have evoked the lessons from the DPA. However, most analyses have concluded the parallels with the Bosnian war and its resolution are misplaced given the complexity and severity of the war in Syria. This article argues for a more nuanced approach to distilling the Dayton legacy, particularly when it is employed as a historical analogy. It highlights the usefulness of the DPA as an analogy for successful conflict termination, while offering lessons about the pitfalls of externally imposed consociational arrangements.

Voting and Violence in Myanmar: Nation Building for a Transition to Democracy

Asian Survey ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1038-1058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
General Election ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Ethnic Tension ◽  
The Military

Abstract Democratization studies now highlight potentially derailing problems such as warlike nationalism and violent ethnic conflict. In Myanmar, where ethnic tension runs deep, the risks are especially great. Political reformers should work within the framework of the military junta's planned 2010 general election, and pay close attention to nation building.

Political Clientelism and Ethnicity in Tropical Africa: Competing Solidarities in Nation-Building

1972 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Lemarchand
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Political Clientelism

The concept of political clientelism is one if the few genuinely crosscultural concepts available to political scientists for the comparative study of transitional systems. As a descriptive concept, political clientelism helps us uncover patterns of relationships which deviate markedly from those ordinarily associated with class or ethnicity. As an analytic concept political clientelism provides crucial insights into the internal dynamics of social and political change. Moreover, if, as some contend, patterns of resource allocation are more meaningful indicators of political development than their conceptual opposites, political clientelism may well supply the critical “missing link” between micro- and macro-sociological or system-centered theories of political development.

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