The Wars Within : Peoples and States in Conflict / Robin M. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Robin M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic relations.

Genocide.

Civil war.

Political violence.

Ethnic conflict.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 318 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In The Wars Within, Robin M. Williams Jr. brings together decades of thought about ethnic conflicts in an effort to better understand their dynamics and to lessen their disastrous consequences. Williams presents a worldwide perspective, conscious that many studies of ethnicity focus primarily on the United States. The stakes of struggles can involve both material resources, such as oil, diamonds, and gold, and sociocultural goods, such as group status and cultural distinctiveness. Ethnic conflict, Williams finds, can be portrayed as a set of dynamic processes that may escalate from restrained confrontations over limited issues to devastating ethnic warfare and genocide.Throughout, Williams attends to present-day realities and continually reminds readers that ethnic conflict has human significance and lasting effects. His analysis implies that the military and political behavior of the United States profoundly affects whether faraway places attempt ethnic cooperation or shatter into deadly conflict. The Wars Within ends on a note of mild hope as Williams provides an overview of ways to prevent, moderate, or resolve severe intrastate violence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction. World System and Global Disorder?

PART I. THE COLLECTIVE ACTORS

CHAPTER ONE.The Multiple Realities of Ethnicity

CHAPTER TWO. The Reality of States and Nationalism

CHAPTER THREE. Ethnies: Contenders and Rulers

PART II.SOURCES OF CONFLICT

CHAPTER FOUR. The Stakes: Interests and Claims

CHAPTER FIVE. Sources and Precipitants of Rivalry and Violent Conflict

PART III.THE DYNAMICS OF MOBILIZATION AND CONFLICT

CHAPTER SIX. From Grievances to Mobilization

CHAPTER SEVEN. From Mobilization to Violent Conflict

CHAPTER EIGHT. From Identity to Genocide: The Problem of Understanding

PART IV.WHAT CAN BE DONE

CHAPTER NINE. Avoiding the Gathering Storm: The Array of Preventive Actions

CHAPTER TEN. Terminations, Accommodations, and Resolutions

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Peace at Last? Reflections on Paths toward Reconciliation and Reconstruction

Epilogue

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-313) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-1161-X

OCLC:

1080549787