2. Discuss the effect that modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict. The effect modernization has had on ethnic identification and ethnic conflict is not a great one. Early modernization theorists‚ who were quite optimistic about the positive effects of literacy‚ urbanization‚ and modern values‚ clearly underestimated the extent to which these factors might mobilize various ethnic groups and set them against each other (Handelman‚ 2011‚ p. 113). Modernization challenged
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With reference to examples‚ assess the success of strategies adopted to resolve conflicts of interest in the management of water resources in trans-border river basins. Water conflicts often enough results from opposing interests of water users. This is especially true in trans-border river basins where the freshwater river travels across more than one country. Conflicts among water users arise as water quality or water quantity degrades and no longer meets the demands of each country. Today
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Name: Stefany Chen 陳子妤 Music Dpt. 104 ID: 40090134M Summery: Basically‚ there are three distinctions describing about Culture and Conflict in this article. One common cultural difference is between what is commonly called High-context and Low-context cultures. These terms refer to the degree to which speakers use nonverbal cues to convey their messages. High-context cultures communicate with messages that assume a lot--they depend on an understanding of the
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People’s strengths and weaknesses are revealed during conflict Throughout all of human history there has been conflict‚ whether it is between nations‚ within families or just simply the never ending battle of the raging natural weather. But when times of conflict do arrive it is certain people are subject to challenge about who they are‚ what they believe and whether it will influence them to change. In our little court we have a neighbour who most of the 13 years spent living next too‚ we never
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disputants engage in perspective taking‚ guide them toward a realistic settlement‚ and helps improve the relationship between them‚ or engage in some combination of these tactics (Jameson‚ 2001). In this paper the writer will mediate a family conflict that involves two parents and 2 two teenage children. Each parent work full-time and are in executive level positions that require a lot of travel or late hours. As a result the children are left home a lot unattended and tend to fight all the time
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Assess the impact of the conflict in Indochina for the citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia The conflict in Indochina had both short term and long term social‚ cultural‚ environmental‚ economic and human impacts on the citizens of both Vietnam and Cambodia. Civilians in both countries were affected by political oppression due to American intervention which had‚ and continues to have‚ a detrimental effect of all aspects of society in Vietnam and Cambodia. The conflict in Indochina had a detrimental
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Conflict in Mali Mali is a country located in Northwestern Africa that has been no stranger to both external and internal turmoil in recent decades. Recently the issue has escalated to a boiling point that not only imperils Malian internal affairs‚ but also threatens African infrastructure as a whole. In Northern Mali there is a territory known as the Azawad that has been hotly contested since its inception into Mali. A rebel group that has great support in Mali called the National Movement
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“Encountering conflict changes both those in power and those without power” Conflict can be a manipulating force that transforms those in power to uncontrollable variables beyond our imagination of moral humanity. It is the powerless that are called to rapidly adapt process and calculate these changes in order to survive. In a conflict change is inevitable for both parties involved; we are all somehow affected and shaped by conflict. In the film “Paradise Road” this concept of powerful versus
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The Darfur Conflict: Those Who Seem to Support It‚ Those Who Suffer Most from It‚ and the Difficulties in Ending It   Conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has taken the lives of over 400‚000 persons in the 21st century‚ perhaps as much as 20 percent of the regional population (Wikipedia‚ 2008). Nearly 2.5 million have been displaced from land they have inhabited for many years (Lynch‚ 2007). But‚ the world has done little to stop it or assist the people affected. The situation
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http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindanao on September 15‚ 2012. Internet. • Santos‚ Soliman M. Jr. (2005). A holistic perspective on the Mindanao conflict. Retrieved from http://www.aer.ph/pdf/papers/holistic_perspective_on_the_mindanao_conflict.pdf on September 14‚ 2012. Internet. • Santos‚ Soliman M • Tan‚ Samuel K. (July 11‚ 2000). Understanding the Mindanao Conflict. Retrieved from http://bugsnbytes.tripod.com/bb_newsletter_0004_02.html on September 15‚ 2012. Journals and Magazines • (June 2000). Philippine
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