Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict
Teaching Module
Theoretical concepts: ethnic conflict, ethnicity, relative deprivation
Case study: Nation building in Central Asia in the 1920s
Questions:
- What policies did contribute to the experience of relative deprivation among ethnic groups in Central Asia?
- How did competition for the control of resources or power contribute to ethnic tensions?
- What was the role of the third party (Russian army, Soviet government) in the exacerbation of ethnic tensions in Central Asia?
