I have been puzzled over understanding the relationship between political institutional arrangements, ethnically divided societies, and conflict for some time. I have also wondered about the relationship between the characteristics of power-sharing political institutions, ethnicity, transborder ethnic kin (TEK), and ethnic conflict, i.e., why countries such as Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, the former Soviet countries, and other nations experience civil conflict and unstable political systems while others do not. It has always fascinated me how specific power-sharing arrangements can sometimes bring peace and stability, but in other cases do not. For example, the minority ethnic Russians in Ukraine engaged in ethnic conflict and secessionism, and this process appears to have been affected by the presence of a TEK state (Russia). At the same time, ethnically, Russian groups in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, which also share the same TEK state have not engaged in secession. The Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, Albanians in the former Yugoslavia, and Armenians in Azerbaijan are involved in significant fighting with active support from their TEK groups. What explains these variations in ethnic civil conflict among these groups, and under what conditions are groups with TEK more likely to experience ethnic conflict?
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2356128 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Shliek, Ibrahim |
| Contributors | Ishiyama, John, Maeda, Ko, Greig, Michael, Breuning, Marijke |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Shliek, Ibrahim, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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