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  3. Political conflict

Political conflict

Nature

Conflict between political parties and political beliefs, and for political influence in other countries, may lead to political disintegration, revolution, anarchy or dictatorship, or to social breakdown and civil war. It may also lead to international conflict, international war and foreign intervention.

Broader

Conflict
Presentable
Political revolution
Yet to rate
Ideological conflict
Yet to rate

Narrower

Marxism
Excellent
Unrepresentative national political integration
Presentable
Single party democracies
Presentable
Political infiltration
Presentable
Political fragmentation
Presentable
Political schism
Unpresentable
Political feuding
Unpresentable
Inadequacy of political doctrine
Unpresentable
Social fragmentation through political pluralism
Yet to rate
Political radicalism
Yet to rate
National federalism
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Subversion
Presentable
Political imprisonment
Presentable
National political disintegration
Presentable
International political disunity
Presentable
Guerrilla warfare
Presentable
Inadequate riot control
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Racism
Excellent
Distorted exclusiveness of social groups
Excellent
Unequal political representation
Presentable
Unequal parliamentary constituencies
Presentable
Underprivileged racial minorities
Presentable
Racial discrimination in politics
Presentable
Propaganda
Presentable
Power politics
Presentable
Political barriers to effective legislation
Presentable
Political appointees
Presentable
Improper financing of political parties
Presentable
Illegitimate political regimes
Presentable
Ethnic conflict
Presentable
Applied double standards
Presentable
Political tensions
Unpresentable

Related

Psychological conflict
Presentable
Political intimidation
Presentable
Political crime
Presentable
International conflict
Presentable
Racial conflict
Unpresentable

Value

Conflict
Yet to rate

Reference

Ziegenhagen, Eduard A: Political Conflict, Political Development and Public Policy

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Conflict
  • Government » Political
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C0368
    DOCID
    11303680
    D7NID
    140055
    Editing link
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/political-conflict
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020