POL 3115 Lecture Notes - Hamites, Ethnic Conflict, Body Politic
31 Mar 2014
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Gender and politics in the developing world: making a difference. Politics and ethnicity share a class relationship in the third world. This is not to say that expressions of ethnicity always result in violence. African continent is also influenced by considerations of ethnicity. The influence from ethnic mobilization has had on african politics during the post- colonial era. Investigate how social scientist have defined ethnicity generally, and then explore ethnic identities play a key role in relations between governors and the governed on the continent. In africa, latin america, the causes of ethnic conflict (politization of ethnicity) have to be sought more in the present than in the past. African governments remain unwilling to confront the implications of this world wide surge in manifestations of ethnic nationalism. Ethnic politics in the 1990s is not the same as ethnic politics in the 1960s. After three decades of independence, ethnicity is more central than ever to the political of many african countries.
