Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Peter Uvin
Reader 2
Sumita Pahwa
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© 2024 Anna S. Cohen
Abstract
This thesis focuses on four theories outlined by prominent political scientists regarding the development of ethnic salience and inter-ethnic violence. The ability of each theory to "read" and explain inter-ethnic violence will be discussed and assessed based on their ability to make sense of specific incidents of interethnic violence in Kenya and Ethiopia. The incidents that will be focused on are the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya and the 2020 initiation of the war in Tigray in Ethiopia. Ultimately, no theory was able to read the cases fully, and modifications were proposed based on their fit.
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Anna and Cohen, Anna Suzette, "Reading Ethnic Violence in Kenya and Ethiopia, an Exploratory Study" (2024). Scripps Senior Theses. 2267.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2267
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
