At the conclusion of World War II, France and Great Britain were both declining imperial world powers attempting to minimize their loss of influence and prestige. Given similar situations, the two nations nevertheless adopt ...

The Sarayacu are an indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon struggling to maintain they define as their traditions and culture in the face of territorial challenges by outside interests. The influx of modem Western ...

This thesis examines the reasons that consociational theory has been unable to unite Iraq's disparate religious and ethnic communities and prevent sectarian violence. It describes, analyzes and applies Arend Lijphart's ...