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dc.contributor.advisorCox, Eric
dc.contributor.authorCochran, Graham
dc.date2021-05-19
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-25T21:48:50Z
dc.date.available2021-10-25T21:48:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/49103
dc.description.abstractAs the world has shifted away from the Cold War, the type of conflict around the world has shifted away from multi-national conflicts towards internal civil wars. This has also prompted a shift in conflict literature, as researchers look to analyze these new conflicts. Within the plethora of data/works on conflict literature, there had emerged two camps regarding conflict party alignment: one focused on sectarian roots and another centered on economic and class conflicts. However, in this piece I show how neither of the existing camps properly captures the highly volatile nature of party alignment past the initial divisions. Further, I take elements from both camps, along with new introductions, to craft a new model that can help us understand the impact institutions and other bodies have on shaping such divisions in times of internal civil war. To accomplish his, I used the most high-profile civil war of our past decade, Syria, to test this new theory.
dc.subjectCochran
dc.subjectCivil War
dc.subjectSyria
dc.subjectConflict
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectInstitutions
dc.subjectParty Alignment
dc.subjectWar
dc.titleEthnicity, Institutions, & Conflict Party Alignment -- Syria
etd.degree.departmentPolitical Science
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.collegeJohn V. Roach Honors College
local.departmentPolitical Science


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