External pressure can move discrimination-entrenched settler states toward democracy

Evidence

When comparing Northern Ireland to Israel, Lloyd claims that the achievements in post-1998 Northern Ireland are unlikely in present-day Israel, because Israel is a state that is “constitutively founded on and committed to discrimination” and because of the existing internal and external structures of power that help maintain this system. To achieve change, external support or its withdrawal can play a major role in moving power structures toward democracy and equality. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 201

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks to reader’s causal question about what forces can shift threat-hardened regimes — external support withdrawal as a lever. — connects to: Resistance by the colonized reshapes settler society’s internal factions and ideologies — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 546; Settler-colonial domination can be dismantled by power-sharing agreements — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 200; External pressure can invite colonialists to exit the settler mentality they inhabit — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2143

Broader Connections

• External pressure can invite colonialists to exit the settler mentality they inhabit #expands (0.88) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2143