Problem
Racial conflict
Nature:
An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious, the individuals in conflict must expressly fight for their ethnic group's position within society. This criterion differentiates ethnic conflict from other forms of struggle.
Academic explanations of ethnic conflict generally fall into one of three schools of thought: primordialist, instrumentalist or constructivist. Recently, some have argued for either top-down or bottom-up explanations for ethnic conflict. Intellectual debate has also focused on whether ethnic conflict has become more prevalent since the end of the Cold War, and on devising ways of managing conflicts, through instruments such as consociationalism and federalisation.
Broader Problems:
RacismEthnic conflict Narrower Problems:
Racial segregation Related Problems:
Class conflictSocial conflictPolitical conflictRacial intimidationIntellectual conflictConflict among minority groups Aggravates:
Genocide Reduced By:
Lack of racial identityStrategies:
Researching ethnic issues Subject(s):
Defence → ConflictSociety → Racial, ethnic groups
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST