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Most states include minorities within their populations. Some may be religious, some ethnic, some linguistic. Two main types of conflict can be distinguished: those where the minority is excluded from power by the majority and those where a minority has power and excludes the majority.
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© 1992 Hugh Miall
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Miall, H. (1992). Conflicts Involving Minorities. In: The Peacemakers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22034-2_10
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