CCC - Characteristics of conflict

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

Loyalty and devotion to a nation - possible feelings of superiority over other nations

Question 2

Regionalism

Answer 2

A (political) ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular region or group of regions

Question 3

Non-violent protest

Answer 3

A philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical violence - uses disobedience

Question 4

Terrorism

Answer 4

Attacks, or threats of attacks on both military and non-military targets which are intended to create fear (terror) and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants and are perpetrated for an ideological goal

Question 5

Insurrection

Answer 5

An act of revolt against civil authority - usually involving rebellion against the rules

Question 6

Separatism

Answer 6

Demands, and sometimes violence, for greater political autonomy and even independence for a part of the country and the subsequent formation of a new statem

Question 7

Invasion

Answer 7

A military offensive controlled by another, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory or gaining concessions

Question 8

Coup d’etat

Answer 8

A military takeover of the government of a country by its own troops and their commanders

Question 9

Ethnic cleansing

Answer 9

The persecution through imprisonment, expulsion or killing of members of a group to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory

Question 10

Civil War

Answer 10

Sustained, organised and large-scale conflict involving two-sided violence between two powers or societies that are in control of different parts of the countries

Question 11

Revolution

Answer 11

Popular uprising against an unpopular government - normally led by citizens

Question 12

Nimbyism

Answer 12

‘Not In My Back Yard’ - resistance to development, opposition by local citizens to the locating in their neighbourhood of a civic project (eg things that are considered unsightly, dangerous or likely to lead to decreased property value)

Question 13

Fundamentalism

Answer 13

Strict adherence to literal interpretation of scripture in parts of religion

Question 14

Escalation

Answer 14

Rapid increase eg in violence, size (scale)/ involvement of people in a conflict

Question 15

Resolution

Answer 15

Firm decision to do or not to do something - solving a problem - providing a solution to a problem