Peoples versus states : minorities at risk in the new century / Ted Robert Gurr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gurr, Ted Robert, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Ethnic relations.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

xviii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000.

Contents:

1. The Ethnic Basis of Political Action in the 1980s and 1990s 3

Sketch: Turks in Germany: From Guest Workers to Ethnoclass / Ted Robert Gurr 21

2. Long War, Short Peace: The Rise and Decline of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the End of the Cold War 27

Sketch: The "Russian Minority" in Ukraine / Marion Recktenwald 57

3. The Etiology of Ethnopolitical Conflict 65

Sketch: Indigenous Peoples of Amazonian Ecuador: A Little Help from Their Friends / Pamela L. Burke 96

Sketch: Afro-Brazilians: Poverty without Protest / Pamela L. Burke, Ted Robert Gurr 100

4. Incentives for Ethnopolitical Conflict: World Patterns of Discrimination and Repression in the 1990s 105

Sketch: Chinese in Malaysia: Balancing Communal Inequalities / Deepa Khosla 133

Sketch: The Copts in Egypt: A Christian Minority in an Islamic Society / Jonathan Fox 138

Sketch: The Roma in the Postcommunist Era / Jonathan Fox, Betty Brown 143

5. Democratic Governance and Strategies of Accommodation in Plural Societies 151

Sketch: The Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia: Mobilization and Empowerment in the 1990s / Ted Robert Gurr, Pamela L. Burke 178

Sketch: Hungarians in Slovakia: The Last Stage of Communism Is Nationalism / Beata Kovacs Nas 183

Sketch: Burundi in the 1990s: From Democratization to Communal War / Michael Dravis 188

6. The Challenge of Resolving Ethnonational Conflicts 195

Sketch: Tibetans: Dim Prospects for Settling a Protracted Ethnonational Conflict / Deepa Khosla 212

Sketch: The Gagauz of Moldova: Settling an Ethnonational Rebellion / Ted Robert Gurr, Michael L. Haxton 218

7. Assessing Risks of Future Ethnic Wars / Ted Robert Gurr, Monty G. Marshall 223

Sketch: Political Rivalries and Communal Vengeance in Kenya / Anne Pitsch 261

Sketch: Muslims in India and the Rise of Hindu Communalism / Mizan Khan, Ted Robert Gurr 266

8. Conclusions: Managing Conflict in Heterogeneous Societies 275

A. Classification of Countries by Regime Type in the Late 1990s 289

B. The Analytic Basis of Risk Assessments / Ted Robert Gurr, Monty G. Marshall 295

C. Additional Groups for the Minorities at Risk Study / Deepa Khosla 311

D. Background Characteristics of Ethnopolitical Groups and Risk of Rebellion / Anne Pitsch 321

E. Estimating 1990s Populations of Groups in the Minorities at Risk Study / Ted Robert Gurr, Marion Recktenwald 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

192922303X

1929223021

OCLC:

43615564