Prospects of use of system methodology in research of ethnopolitical processes
Journal: Aspirantskiy Vestnik Povolzhiya
Year: 2010

The article discusses the applicability of systems theory and synergetics in ethnopolitical studies. Examples of both classic and contemporary ethnicity theories based on systems approach are shown, and a new concept of ethnopsychological matrix as the order parameter of ethnic system is proposed. The theoretical part of the article is illustrated by examinig the system nature of ethnoploitical conflicts in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.