The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies
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帕尔格雷夫和平与冲突研究百科全书
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10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_19-2
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2020
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Cooley L
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Cooley L
独立几十年后，曾在殖民时期分裂为英国人和法国人的喀麦隆，继续经历着讲法语和讲英语的公民之间持续的冲突。政府未能调和围绕从前殖民列强那里继承下来的语言身份而产生的尖锐分歧。虽然这场危机有分裂国家的危险，但它几乎没有受到学者和和平倡导者的关注。这篇文章追溯了冲突的历史根源，讨论了社交媒体在传播身份意识方面的作用，以及国际行为者反应迟缓如何延长了危机。该条目指出，独立后国家/民族建设中的政府失灵是这场旷日持久的冲突的催化剂。该条目提出了一些建议，鼓励迅速采取行动解决根深蒂固的不满，采取积极措施避免未来可能发生的危机，以及区域或国际行为者参与汇聚促进可持续和平所需的资源。
Decades after independence, Cameroon, once divided between the British and the French during the colonial period, continues to experience sustained conflicts between its Francophone and Anglophone citizens. The government has failed to reconcile the sharp differences coined around linguistic identities inherited from the former colonial powers. While this crisis threatens to split the country, it has received little attention from scholars and peace advocates. This entry traces the historical roots of the conflict and discusses the role of social media in spreading identity consciousness, and how slow response by international actors has prolonged the crisis. The entry identifies government failure in postindependence state/nation building as being a catalyst to the protracted conflict. The entry provides recommendations encouraging swift action to address the deep-rooted grievances, proactive measures to avert a possible crisis in the future, and involvement of regional or international actors to pool resources needed to promote sustainable peace.