stability in Nigeria’s fourth republic (1999-2011) INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Basically‚ Nigeria is a plural society and heterogeneous in virtually all the facet of life. The custom and tradition of Nigerians is so diverse to the extent that Nigeria as a country is now confronted with the problem of religion and ethnicity towards their political stability. The origin and history of ethnic conflict (societal wars and violence) can be traced from eternal (internal) state rivalry to external (physical)
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The Causes and Solutions to Ethnic Conflicts Scholars of International Security have been trying to develop a theoretical approach to explain the causes of ethnic conflict for a long time. These studies have led to contentious debates but have also probed so deeply that their findings help shed new light on these issues‚ providing better understanding and possible solutions. Ethnic groups are defined as a community of people who share cultural and linguistic characteristics including religion
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The Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Conflict and the Citizenship Question in Nigeria Moses T. ALUAIGBA Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training‚ Bayero University‚ Kano Abstract The negative consequences of the Tiv-Jukun ethnic conflict and other similar conflicts in Nigeria have stimulated the debate on citizenship in the country. This debate is driven by questions that hinge on contestable issues such as who is an indigene in Nigeria‚ why should other Nigerians be termed non-indigenes‚ settlers
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Ethnic Conflicts are a very important issue that can affect a whole country/state. Ethnic conflicts within a state belong to identity conflicts that are a type of internal conflicts. Sometimes the term ethnic conflict is used to describe a large range of internal conflicts .Before talking about ethnic conflict‚ it is important to know the meaning of ethnicity. . Ethnic groups usually have collectivity or psychological communities who share a combination of historical experience and valued cultural
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American Academy of Political and Social ScienceReligion‚ Legitimacy‚ and Conflict in NigeriaAuthor(s): Henry BienenSource: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science‚ Vol. 483‚ Religion andthe State: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Power (Jan.‚ 1986)‚ pp. 50-60Published by: Sage Publications‚ Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and SocialScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1045539 .Accessed: 02/10/2013 11:21Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates
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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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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with various cultural groups that are about three hundred in number. In 1947‚ Nigeria was not yet a nation. Nigeria now has been a multi-national society‚ one of the sociological problems of building Nigeria as a nation is multi-ethnicity with its concomitants such as multilingualism and completive ethnicity. There were varieties of lines which existed between the various states and people which were the predecessors of modern Nigeria. But on the other
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Nigeria Africa has always had it tough to keep up with the Western Nations. It is plagued by famine‚ corruption and the obvious outcome‚ immeasurable poverty. Of these countries‚ the country that has it worst is Nigeria. Nigeria has many problems such as population and corruption but the main and most devastating conflict they are having right now is their religious conflict. Religious conflict is a problem for the people of Nigeria and possibly and can be addressed by employing military sanctions
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Ethnic Group Conflict Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology PSY/450 January 5‚ 2012 Cultural clashes‚ global wars‚ international misunderstandings‚ and ethnic conflicts have been occurring for decades. As early as the 1940s‚ constant hostility within the Middle East has resulted in suffering to human rights‚ education‚ and family structure (Huntington‚ Fronk & Chadwick‚ 2001). Culture seems to be implicated as the major contributor to conflict. The increasing modernization is strongly
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violence. Ethnic conflict between the Kurds‚ Sunnis‚ and Shias‚ extant prior to American involvement‚ intensified post-invasion. This paper posits that American mismanagement of the National Iraqi Army (NIA) contributed to the escalation of ethnic conflict and the insecurity that ensued.The National Iraqi Army‚ broken down in 2003 and reconstructed in the image of American officials‚ lacked legitimacy and cohesion because of the strategic errors made in dealing with deeply-rooted ethnic tensions
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