Causes/Factors/Sources of conflicts
Generally, the causes of conflicts are as follows:
- stereotypes (physical, spiritual, mental, social, ethnic/tribal, etc.)
- exclusion and discrimination (prejudices, racism, aggressiveness, intolerance, marginalisation, gender discrimination, sexism, racial prejudices, xenophobia , religious intolerance, fanaticism, partiality , inequalities, injustice, …) ;
- ill-adapted individual characters (dishonesty, selfishness, suspicion, greed, envy, jealousy, cupidity, rancour, lack of trust, thirst for power, fear, aggresiveness , violence …) ;
- disagreements in points of view (misunderstanding, frustrations …) ;
- lack of communication (false/preconceived ideas/lack of understanding …) ;
- poor governance and democratic deficit (institutionalised corruption, impunity, absence of the rule of law, poverty, struggle for economic opportunities …)
- State decline
- National and transnational delinquency, porous borders and the development of a war economy.
Nature of conflicts
- Political Conflicts
- Social conflicts
- Cultural conflicts
- Economic conflicts
- Religious conflicts
- Ethnic/tribal/racial conflicts