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South Asia Research, 2015
This article focuses on the Kuki-Chin ethnic groups that inhabit mainly the north-eastern states of India, Sylhet district and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and parts of Burma/Myanmar. The historical context of deeply contested identity formation among and within these groups, also today, grounds ongoing struggles over sharing of resources ...
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This article focuses on the Kuki-Chin ethnic groups that inhabit mainly the north-eastern states of India, Sylhet district and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and parts of Burma/Myanmar. The historical context of deeply contested identity formation among and within these groups, also today, grounds ongoing struggles over sharing of resources ...
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Comparative Studies in Society and History, 1981
In the analysis of ethnic separatism and secession, two approaches can be distinguished. One is to ask what forces are responsbile for the general upsurge in secessionist movements, from Burma te-Biafra and Bangladesh, from Corsica to Quebec, and from Eritrea to the Southern Philippines.
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In the analysis of ethnic separatism and secession, two approaches can be distinguished. One is to ask what forces are responsbile for the general upsurge in secessionist movements, from Burma te-Biafra and Bangladesh, from Corsica to Quebec, and from Eritrea to the Southern Philippines.
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On Separatism and Ethnicity: A Response to Sloan's ‘Ethnicity or Imperialism?’
Comparative Studies in Society and History, 1979The geographical distribution of separatist movements in the world today is, and always has been, highly skewed. At any point in history such movements arise only in particular states, and—within these states—only in particular regions. One task of a general theory of separatism is to account for this skewed geographical distribution. Mr.
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Ethnic Separatism: an Introduction
2010The modern system of sovereign states that was ushered in by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 has had as one of its central tenets the territorial integrity of states. There is irony in the fact, therefore, that another of its central tenets, acquired in more recent centuries, has attached equal importance to the requirement of correspondence between ...
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The politics of ethnic separatism in Russia and Georgia
Central Asian Survey, 2011The politics of ethnic separatism in Russia and Georgia, by Julie A. George, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 248 pp., US$57.37 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-230-61359-1 Each of the many episodes of vi...
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Uyghur Muslim Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang, China
Asian Affairs: An American Review, 2008Uyghur Muslim violence in Xinjiang, China, has two justifications—ethnic separatism and religious rhetoric. The Uyghurs, who reside throughout the immediate region, are the largest Turkic ethnic group living in Xinjiang and are overwhelmingly Muslim.
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Ethnic Separatism in the Russian Federation: Classification and Level of Activity
Общество: политика, экономика, право, 2020The paper discusses modern ethnic separatism in the Russian Federation. The author focused on manifestations of separatism in the virtual sphere. Virtual separatism can be a preparatory stage for action in reality. The foundations of separatism in Russia are extremely stable throughout the coun-try’s history, starting from the period of the Russian ...
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Ethnic Separatism in Southern Thailand: Kingdom Fraying at the Edge?
2007Abstract : *Since January 2004 separatist violence in Thailand's three Muslim-majority southern provinces has claimed the lives of nearly 1,900 people. *The root causes of this latest phase of separatist violence are a complex mix of history, ethnicity, and religion, fueled by socio-economic disparities, poor governance, and political grievances ...
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Football as an instrument for sustaining ethnic separatism, terrorism and violence
2022The field of sport is usually cited for its developmental aspects; even when it is about thefootball with its complex “commercial first” structures, relatively manipulated massparticipations -whether passive or active, and deviations (hooliganism, hegemonic toxicmasculinity, match-fixing, inequality in the distribution of resources, etc.) that outgrew ...
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