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The reasons for ethnic conflict are many and various. In the summary that follows, a broad, general division into five categories will be used, namely material, intellectual, political, cultural, and finally, psychological. We shall begin on solid ground with the material reasons.
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Fowkes, B. (2002). Reasons for Conflict and Prospects for the Future. In: Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403914309_7
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