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dc.contributor.advisorBalsvik, Randi Rønning
dc.contributor.authorFeyissa, Tigist Kebede
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-18T15:33:20Z
dc.date.available2015-02-18T15:33:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-17
dc.description.abstractThis study deals with conflicts among pastoralists in the Borana area of Southern Ethiopia focusing on the case of the Borana and Garri peoples. The objective of the research is to assess the underlying factors related to the formation, development and transformation of conflicts between the Borana and Garri since 1990´s. To meet this objective, the study employs a qualitative approach and secondary sources. As a conceptual framework for the analysis, the study uses intergroup conflict. This study makes use of ethnicity; ethnic conflict and political ethnicity as a main analytical tool to study intergroup conflict and violence that emerge in a state, especially in this research context, where ethnicity constitutionally has become essential in creating a federal state and administrative units. The study has reviewed and analyzed the macro historical and political trends in Ethiopia in relation to conflicts between different pastoralist communities. It also addresses the conflict since the 1990s between the two groups drawing lines of connection between the national discourse on ethnicity and local realities. Thus, it is argued that the violent conflicts in pastoral areas result from a myriad of historical, political and economic factors that reinforce one another. It is further argued that the pastoralist conflicts- if not all- particularly in the post 1991 period is also linked to questions of land ownership and self government, as the new state’s constitution equated ethnic groups with administration units. This thesis calls for the development and implementation ofintegrated policies and strengthening local governance institutions that are rooted in traditional practices for managing resources and inter-ethnic conflicts.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/7158
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6752
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSVF-3901en
dc.subjectPastoralists conflicten
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Internasjonal politikk: 243en
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240::International politics: 243en
dc.titleConflicts among Pastoralists in the Borana Area of Southern Ethiopia: The case of Borana and Garrien
dc.typeMaster thesisen
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen


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