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The Politics of Ethnic Violence: The Cases
of Rwanda and Yugoslavia
Pablo Balan
GOV 20
October 26 2017
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Ethnic identity recap
I Primordialism: “Man is a national animal”
I Instrumentalism: Ethnicity is a mask. Real interests arepolitical or economic
I Constructivism: Ethnicity is the product of a socialprocess. “Nationalism created nations” [Gellner]
I Institutionalism: institutions shape and consolidate ethnicidentities
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The menu
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Some questions
I Is the Hutu-Tutsi difference primordial or constructed?
I What explains participation in ethnic violence?
I What is the role of the state in genocide?
I How does a country recover from such a catastrophe?
I What is the relationship between ethnic diversity andconflict?
I How does Rwanda compare to Yugoslavia?
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Rwanda: Explaining participation
I Historical construction of Tutsi as invaders [Mamdani]
I State capacity, coercion [Straus]
I Culture of obedience [Prunier]
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Yanagizawa-Drott (2014): Propaganda and conflict
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Yanagizawa-Drott (2014): Propaganda and conflict
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Heldring (2016): State history and violence
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Reconciliation
I Portraits of reconciliation, New York Times, April 2014
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We are all neighbors
I Documentary: We are all neighbors
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Steven Pinker
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The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
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