Conflicts (chptr 4)

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Conflics

Chapter 4: Conflics

What sort of conflicts do we see?

What are the causes?

What are the concequenses?

An armed conflict: a conflict that leads to at least 25 casualties per year due to violence

Which armed conflicts are currently taking place in the world?

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Why is that we know a lot about some conflicts and little to nothing about other ones?

2 types of armed conflicts

International conflict 

-> between 2 or more states 

* Irak war, 2e WW, Vietnam war

Internal conflict / civil war 

-> usually stay within the borders of a country 

* IRA in Northern Ireland, Farc in Colombia, The American Civil war 

these can end up internationalised

What is the difference between a terrorist and a criminal

Terrorism = violence for political or religious reasons geweld voor politiek doel 

Crime = violence for financial reasons

What matches?        

International conflict

Civil war

Internationalised conflict

America attacks North Korea

IS is active in Irak en Syria

In Libia people try to get rid of their government

Russia voccupies a part of Georgia

In Colombia the army shoots at protesters in the streets

the Mexican drugwar leads to tensions in Texas USA

War is a neighbouring country has influence across the borden, so more countries end up being involved

War within one country, sometimes aimed at the government of the country

War between countries, sometimes two, somtimes more. Governments against governments

drawing borders

Territory = The land that historically/culturally belongs to a certain people

State = A country with internationally recognised borders. 

A people/ a nation = A group of people that share a common history, religion, and or language. 

Etnicity = Identity of a people

Nation-state =  When  the state and the territory are one

States have the right to  sovereignty

State and territory are one

Within a state a minority lives with its own territory

A people has a state but is also present in a number of other countries forming minorities in those other countries

The territory of a people is bigger then the state

A people is spread out over multiple states, being a minority in each of these states

Separatism =

The desire of a people to separate from the state

Example:

Chechnya (separate from Russia)

Autonomous region =

Region in a country  having their own rules/laws about education, taxes and police. . 

Example:

Catalunya(Spain 

Regionalisme

Separatisme

Nationalisme

What is separatism?

Work to do:

Unit 4.1: 

Assignment 1,2,3 and 6

Demographic consequences are about...

1. Composition of the population
2. Divide of prosperity
3. Economy
4. Nature

Begrip:

Regionalisme = Een volk houdt, binnen een staat, sterk vast aan de eigen geschiedenis en cultuur. 

Nationalisme = Een volk streeft naar onafhankelijkheid en het stichten van een eigen staat. 

Voorbeeld:

Friesland 

Houdt sterk vast aan eigen geschiedenis en cultuur.

Algerijnse oorlog (1954-1962)

Bloedige strijd om onafhankelijkheid