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Territorial autonomy and self-determination conflicts: opportunity and willingness cases from Bolivia, Niger, and Thailand
Suso, Roger
Institut Català Internacional per la Pau
Autonomia i moviments independentistes
Autonomy and independence movements.
Autonomía
Independencia
Conflictes armats
Conflictos armados
Conflict, Armed (War)
Gestió de conflictes
Conflict management
Conflictos, Gestión de
Bolivia
Bolívia
Niger
Níger
Thailand
Tailàndia
Tailandia
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The paradox of autonomy is about whether self-rule accommodates or exacerbates armed conflict. This study attempts to unpack the puzzle examining the effectiveness of territorial autonomy as a state response to self-determination conflicts throughout the world. It challenges the conflict-inducing features of autonomy arguing that territorial autonomy can mitigate armed conflict by channeling group grievances into peaceful forms of protest. Thus, this study aims at arriving at a comprehensive theory that identifies which factors are responsible for violent escalation of conflicts grounded in self-determination demands. By using the concepts of opportunity structures and willingness dimension, this study shows that conflict escalation only takes place when minorities with greater bargaining power vis-à-vis the center, in contexts of high levels of economic inequality within dyad, are mobilized around autonomy and separatist demands.
2010-11-25T10:17:17Z
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
2013.5793 (en línia)
2013.5785 (paper)
http://hdl.handle.net/2072/96890
eng
ICIP working papers;2010/01
69 p.
508515 bytes
application/pdf
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RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)
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