Class 19 Lecture

Question 1

What is Primordialism?

Answer 1

Pure and distinct races beginning with a fixed geographic homeland.

Question 2

What are the 5 Social Construction of Identities?

Answer 2

1) socio-economic processes
2) discourse
3) state
4) individual
5) ethnic conflict and the security dilemma

Question 3

What are the 3 stages of identity formation/discourse?

Answer 3

1) vernacular
2) politicized vernacular
3) ethnic purification

Question 4

Two considerations that increase a state’s incentive to act offensively?

Answer 4

1) isolated enclaves
2) recruiting grounds

Question 5

What are the 5 ways that ethnic conflict ends?

Answer 5

1) one group overpowers the others (19)
2) partition (16)
3) suppressed by third party occupation (2)
4) regional autonomy (8)
5) powersharing agreement (1)

Question 6

What is Irredentism?

Answer 6

One state pursues policy to liberate its minority population in another state.

Question 7

What are the eight civilizations?

Answer 7

Western, Islamic, Hindu, Confucian, Slavic-orthodox, Japanese, Latin American,African

Question 8

What are the 6 six reasons for the clash of civilizations?

Answer 8

1) civilizations differ fundamentally
2) interactions are increasing
3) economic modernization weakens the state
4) non-western civilizations returning to roots
5) civilization identity not mutable
6) intra-regional trade increasing