ethnic conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethnicandconflict
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ethnic
adjective
uk/ˈeθ.nɪk/us/ˈeθ.nɪk/
relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofethnicandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The omission is especially evident in institutional prescriptions for the reduction ofethnicconflictin severely divided societies.
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Revealing patronage systems through reliable and complete data is not possible, since such systems are secretive and may inciteethnicconflict.
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The findings allow us neither to accept nor reject hypothesis 2, that democratisation leads to lowerethnicconflict.
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Instead, there is a systematic pattern of decreasingethnicconflictwhen civil liberties increase.
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Ethnicconflictmay arise between two or more ethnic groups or between ethnic groups and the state.
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The results indicate that the relationship between political liberalisation andethnicconflictis the reverse of what the common assumptions would predict.
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Instead, we would see clear relationships between structural variables andethnicconflict.
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Two trends are discernible from the discourse on democratisation andethnicconflict.
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In ethnically divided societies, the leadership often opposes liberalisation, arguing that the process may fuelethnicconflict.
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In this way the refugee crisis became a political instrument for stagingethnicconflict.
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We also note that civil liberties is highly significant with the coefficient indicating an inverse relationship betweenethnicconflictand civil liberties.
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These findings have important implications for the mediation ofethnicconflictboth at the grassroots and at the national level.
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In spite of this, explanations ofethnicconflictalso follow identifiable intellectual patterns.
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Under such a circumstance,ethnicconflictwould likely diminish when illiberal leaders either leave power or are forced to embrace more liberal policies and institutions.
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This measure is of interest because it provides an opportunity to evaluate the degree to which ethnic heterogeneity contributes toethnicconflict.
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A compelling benefit of this methodology is that it allows for an explanation of variation inethnicconflictboth across states and over time.
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If this is so, then we should be able to detect differences inethnicconflictlevels and intensity that vary with changes in colonial powers.
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Most observers concur that for these political leaders, the fear ofethnicconflicthas been used as an excuse to avoid sharing power.
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However, this is an important factor which has not been adequately considered, particularly in relation to the mediation ofethnicconflict.
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The main thrust of the book is to unpack the difficult concept ofethnicconflictto shed light on how to prevent future conflicts.
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