Radical ethnic movements in contemporary Europe / edited by Farimah Daftary and Stefan Troebst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daftary, Farimah, editor.

Troebst, Stefan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Europe.

Ethnic conflict.

Ethnic groups--Europe.

Ethnic groups.

Political violence--Europe.

Political violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nation states and minorities resort more and more to violence when safeguarding their political interests. Although the violence in the Middle East has been dominating world politics for some time now, European governments have had their share of ethnic violence to contend with as this volume demonstrates. And as the case studies show, ranging as they do from the Basque Country to Chechnya, from Northern Ireland to Bosnia-Herzegovina, this applies to western Europe as much as to eastern Europe. However, in contrast to other parts of the world, instances where political struggles for power and social inclusion between minorities and majorities lead to full-fledged inter-ethnic warfare are still the exception; in the majority of cases conflicts are successfully de-escalated and even resolved. In a comprehensive conclusion, the volume offers a theoretical framework for the development of strategies to deal with violent ethnic conflict.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57181-695-X

1-57181-622-4

OCLC:

1233320748