Facing ethnic conflicts : toward a new realism / edited by Andreas Wimmer [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wimmer.

Contributor:

Goldstone.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2004.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethnic conflict is the major form of mass political violence in the world today, and it has been since World War II. Dramatic acts of terrorism and calculated responses to them may distract the attention of policymakers and the public, but ethnic and nationalist conflict continues to pose the greatest challenge to peace and security across the globe. Causes of such conflict and ideas about how to address it are hotly debated in the literature that has emerged over the past fifteen years. This volume offers a unique overview of research and policy approaches to ethnic conflicts.

Contents:

FACING ETHNIC CONFLICTS; Contents; Introduction: Facing Ethnic Conflicts; Part I. Understanding Ethnic Conflicts; The Rise of the Ethnic Question; 1 A Few Cautionary Notes on the History and Future of Ethnonational Conflicts; 2 Ethnicity without Groups; 3 Ethnic Conflict and the Colonial Legacy; The Dynamics of Escalation; 4 Exclusion, Marginalization, and Political Mobilization: The Road to Hell in the Great Lakes; 5 Conflicts Start with Words: Fighting Categories in the Chechen Conflict; 6 The Asymmetry between the Dynamics of Violence and the Dynamics of Peace: The Case of Civil Wars

Part II. The Politics of InterventionPrevention and Peacemaking; 7 Looking Back, Looking Forward: Reflections on Preventing Inter-ethnic Conflict; 8 Operationalizing the Lessons from Recent Experience in Field-Level Conflict Prevention Strategies; 9 Sources and Settlements of Ethnic Conflicts; 10 Transforming Ethnic Conflict: Theories and Practices; Mediation and Reconciliation; 11 From Resolution to Transformation: Assessing the Role and Impact of Dialogue Projects; 12 Justice and Reconciliation in Fragmented Societies; Part III. Institutional Reform; Democracy and Electoral Systems

13 Ethnic Pluralism: Strategies for Conflict Management14 External Democracy Support: Challenges and Possibilities; 15 Liberalism, Democracy, and Conflict Management: The African Experience; 16 Some Realism about Constitutional Engineering; 17 The Politics of Electoral Systems in Transition; Federalism and Autonomy; 18 Territorial Autonomy: Permanent Solution or Step toward Secession?; 19 Containing Ethnonationalist Violence; 20 Decentralized Governance in Fragmented Societies: Solution or Cause of New Evils?; Part IV: Conclusion

21 Hidden Ties: Similarities between Research and Policy Approaches to Ethnic Conflicts22 Toward a New Realism; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41859-7

0-7425-7953-0

OCLC:

862049131