Forming Democracy in the Face of Authoritarianism: A Case Study Examination of How Politically Disenfranchised Ethnic Minority Groups Achieve Democratic Self-Governance
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Using a case study approach, this thesis explores how ethnic minority groups living under authoritarian rule can utilize social bonds, create social capital, and eventually achieve democratic self-governance. Social movement literature i...
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| Language: | en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1805/10908 |
| Summary: | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Using a case study approach, this thesis explores how ethnic minority groups living under authoritarian rule can utilize social bonds, create social capital, and eventually achieve democratic self-governance. Social movement literature is also utilized to examine how one of the case studies, the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico should be examined as a social movement rather than a military insurgency. This thesis also examines the Kurds of Northern Iraq and then puts forward the Kurds of Northern Syria as a future case study. This thesis takes a historical analysis approach throughout as well as utilizing philanthropic studies literature. |
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