TERM 1
Henderson's arguement concerning the clash
of civilizations
DEFINITION 1
examine Huntingtons clash of civiliza tions thesis to apply his thesis
to post-Cold War armed conflicts with in states. Drawing on more
recent data 1999, I demonstrate tha t Huntingtons thesis is not
substantiated. What we observe is th at many of the interethnic
and inter-religious conflicts that occu r in the post-Cold War era are
clashes within rather than between civilizations, just as
Huntingtons critics saidwe find that th eir number has actually
declined, if only marginally.
TERM 2
Henderson's arguement about Africa and the
democratic peace
DEFINITION 2
This article tests the applicability of the demo cratic peace thesis to sub-
Saharan African states by examining a po litical inversion thesis. This
suggests that the domestic political framew ork of African states compels
their leaders to engage in international conf lict, contrary to what the
democratic peace thesis suggests: namely , politically open African states
are more likely to fight each other. Empirical analyses of state dyads
19502001 demonstrate that politically op en African states are more likely
to fight each other and, moreover, the de mocratic peace does not hold in
any region outside the West.
TERM 3
Du Bois article
DEFINITION 3
In the article, 'The African Roots of War' W.E.
Burghardt DuBois explains the role that Africa played
in causing World War. Many people saw Africa as this
place so removed from World War but the Scramble
for Africa was exactly what lead to war.
TERM 4
Silva and Forman racism article
DEFINITION 4
The main findings were that Whiterespondents appear to be
more prejudiced in the interviews than inthe survey, use a
new racetalk to avoid appearing racist, and thatthe themes
and arguments that they mobilize are congruent withwhat
other analysts have labeled as laissez faire or
competitiveracism.
TERM 5
what is primordialism and when does it
become cultural realism
DEFINITION 5
primordialism is the idea that everyone is ethnocentric that it
is a biological thingwhen it is applied to states it becomes
cultural realism
