According to the article From Ethnic Conflict to Genocide, by Cottam et al. It is important to understand the author’s definition of an ethnic group, stated as; “collective groups whose membership is largely defined by real or putative ancestral inherited ties, and who perceive these ties as systematically affecting their place and fate in the political and socioeconomic structures of their states and society” (Cottam, Dietz-Uhler, Mastors, & Preston, 2010). Outsiders are not welcomed if a person is not of the same ethnicity, “Ethnic groups are considered exclusive rather than inclusive” (Cottam et al, 2010). A huge factor of conflict between different ethnic groups would be because of ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism can be described as, “the
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The realistic conflict theory in the article explains, “Competition among these ethnic groups for power, influence and autonomy in the political system” (Cottam et al, 2009). With all these different ethnic groups competing for resources, we begin to lack the amount of resources available and those who have more power ultimately end up with the resources. Those who have power and the resources ultimately end up holding the most political power as well. Opposed to the realistic conflict theory, the social identity theory is when “groups engage in social comparison” (Cottam et al, 2010). A lot of ethnic groups tend to compare one another, when one group tends to have a negative outcome. The ethnic group wants to change their status to show that they are better than the other group.
Multiethnic or Multisectarian can be explained as, “at least two ethnic groups, neither of which is capable of assimilating or absorbing the other or seceding and maintaining independence” (Cottam et al, 2010). Anyone who lives in the multiethnic or multisectarian type of states tend to focus their loyalty on the ethnic group opposed to the community. These ethnic groups realize they do not have enough resources to form their own state, so they geographically form their own community’s. Since the state does not declare as one ethnic group, they give the different ethnic groups political power in different regions of the state.
The article that I chose was called Giving Iraq a Fighting Chance, by Anthony H.
The realistic conflict theory in the article explains, “Competition among these ethnic groups for power, influence and autonomy in the political system” (Cottam et al, 2009). With all these different ethnic groups competing for resources, we begin to lack the amount of resources available and those who have more power ultimately end up with the resources. Those who have power and the resources ultimately end up holding the most political power as well. Opposed to the realistic conflict theory, the social identity theory is when “groups engage in social comparison” (Cottam et al, 2010). A lot of ethnic groups tend to compare one another, when one group tends to have a negative outcome. The ethnic group wants to change their status to show that they are better than the other group.
Multiethnic or Multisectarian can be explained as, “at least two ethnic groups, neither of which is capable of assimilating or absorbing the other or seceding and maintaining independence” (Cottam et al, 2010). Anyone who lives in the multiethnic or multisectarian type of states tend to focus their loyalty on the ethnic group opposed to the community. These ethnic groups realize they do not have enough resources to form their own state, so they geographically form their own community’s. Since the state does not declare as one ethnic group, they give the different ethnic groups political power in different regions of the state.
The article that I chose was called Giving Iraq a Fighting Chance, by Anthony H.