Perspectives on contemporary ethnic conflict : primal violence or the politics of conviction? / edited by Santosh C. Saha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saha, Santosh C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict.

Ethnic conflict--Case studies.

History, Modern--20th century.

History, Modern.

History, Modern--21st century.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

The existing traditions of inquiry into ethnic conflict can be classified into four categories: essentialism, instrumentalism, constructivism, and institutionalism. All four traditions have a distinguished lineage, but none can really account for the worldwide spread of ethnic violence. We need to move from the local to the macro or global. This book, using methodology from sociology, history, and politics, will present the complexities of ethnic conflict in terms of lingusitics, religion, territory, and tribes in various regions.

Contents:

Introduction : toward contexts more intricate and subtle / Mark Lewis Taylor

Third-party intervention in ethno-religious conflict : role theory and the major powers of South Asia / Gaurav Ghose and Patrick James

Ethnic violence and the loss of state legitimacy : Burma and Indonesia in a context of post-colonial developmentalism / Vivienne Wee and Graeme Lang

Not ethnicity, but race : unity and conflict in Rwanda since the genocide / Helen M. Hintjens and David E. Kiwuwa

The Hutu-Tutsi conflict in Rwanda / Paul J. Magnarella

Politico-psychological dimensions of the ethnic and political conflicts in India : conflicting paradigms at work / Santosh C. Saha

Multifaceted ethnic conflicts and conflict resolution in Nigeria / Abdul Karim Bangura

Georgetown shuffle : ethnic politics of Afro-Guyanese, Amerindians, and Indo-Guyanese in postcolonial Guyana / Sabita Manian

Sudan's identity wars and democratic route to peace / Rita Kiki Edozie

Ethnic conflict in Mexico : the Zapatistas / Michael R. Hall

Kurdish ethnonationalism : a concise overview / Mir Zohair Husain and Stephen Shumock

The roots of contemporary ethnic conflict and violence in Burundi / Johnson W. Makoba and Elavie Ndura.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-325) and index.

ISBN:

0739110853

OCLC:

63472974

Publisher Number:

9780739110850