nationalism and ethnicity cont'd

Question 1

name the six costs of conflict

Answer 1

landmines, world mobilization, famine and trade disruption, environmental destruction, drug-related problems, ethnic conflicts in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Question 2

explain landmines as a cost of conflict

Answer 2

2009: 4 million people were killed in Congo ethnic conflict
- 1 victim/22 mins dies of landmine
- 26 000 civilians are killed/wounded each year by landmines

Question 3

explain world mobilization as a cost of conflict

Answer 3

ethnic conflict could impact the Global North Countries due to migration

Question 4

explain famine and trade disruption as a cost of conflict

Answer 4

involved in conflict puts a pause on food creation and distribution

Question 5

name one ethnic conflict in Africa, Asia, or Latin America

Answer 5

Tutsi and Hutus genocide in Rwanda

Question 6

what is nationalism?

Answer 6

process of integration of masses of people into a common politicized form

Question 7

what does nationalism presuppose?

Answer 7

presupposes the existence of a centralized form of government (Kohn)
not an exclusive problem of the global south

Question 8

what are the three different types of nationalism?

Answer 8

a. civic (Canada (classic idea)
b. multi-ethnic/multicultural
c. ethnonationalism (Congo & Bolivia)

Question 9

name the 5 ethnopolitical morphology patterns.

Answer 9

1. homogenous societies (Korea, Lesotho)
2. single dominating group (Algeria, Nicaragua)
3. bipolar or deeply divided (Burundi, Sri Lanka)
4. multipolar (Sub-Saharan African countries)
5. multiplicity (India, most of latin american countries)

Question 10

explain the interactions between cultural groups.

Answer 10

1. group advantage or disadvantage (economic, political, or cultural)
2. political institutions
3. mobilizations
4. globalizations