The Nagorno-Karabakh deadlock : insights from successful conflict settlements / Azer Babayev, Bruno Schoch, Hans-Joachim Spanger, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Babayev, Azer, editor.

Schoch, Bruno, editor.

Spanger, Hans-Joachim, editor.

Series:

Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 2662-3544

Studien des Liebniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Ethnic conflict.

Physical Description:

x, 320 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer VS, [2020]

Summary:

The book examines all relevant models which have been employed in settling ethno-territorial conflicts since the time of the League of Nations. Eight of these models have been studied in-depth. The aim of this analysis is to gain expertise and insights that could prove relevant to resolving the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. This potential is evaluated in the closing chapters of the volume where novel ideas on how to apply the lessons of these cases to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh are presented. This conflict carries many features typical of ethno-territorial conflicts in present and past times: it is neither unique, nor does its settlement depend on others than the parties to the conflict. Rather it is - as in all other cases - entrenched historical narratives and enemy images which lead to zero-sum calculations and can conceivably only be overcome in a gradual process.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Nagorno-Karabakh and ethno-territorial conflict settlement

Nagorno-Karabakh: the genesis and dynamics of the conflict

Settling ethno-territorial conflict

Part II. Case studies of ethno-territorial conflict settlement

Introduction to the case studies

Åland: a precedent for internationally safeguarded autonomy

Bosnia and Herzegovinia: persistent divisions

Kosovo: monitored secession

South Tyrol: from "ethnic reparcelling" to an archetype for settling ethno-territorial conflicts

Trieste: a state on paper, partition in praxis

Cyprus: trial and failure of a political solution

Northern Ireland: a compromise between unwilling antagonists

Quebec: fluctuation between autonomy and secession

Part III. Results and conclusions

Models for settling ethno-territorial conflicts

A way out for Nagorno-Karabakh: autonomy, secession - or what else?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3658251980

9783658251987

OCLC:

1080426783