CART: 0 item(s) $0.00Facing Ethnic Conflicts: Toward a New Realism
| Edited by Andreas Wimmer, Richard J. Goldstone, Donald L. Horowitz, Ulrike Joras, Conrad Schetter |
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"An important book. It is very rare to find in a scholarly treatise of this nature a wide representation of different voices arguing a range of analytical standpoints as well as reporting empirical data about root causes, dynamics of intensification, and methods of management and resolution of ethnic conflicts."— H-Genocide
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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. It is the first book to bring together experienced policymakers and key scholars from all disciplines. They debate how to best understand the rise and escalation of ethnic conflict, assess different strategies for peacemaking, mediation, and reconciliation, and evaluate the prospects for conflict management through institutional design.
In contrast with a more enthusiastic assessment of the willingness and capacity to successfully intervene in ethnic conflict, this volume documents the new realism that has emerged over the past decade. It recognizes the complex and protracted nature of such conflicts and demands a multifaceted, case-by-case approach sustained by long-term political engagement.
Published in co-operation with the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn.
Features
--Summarizes the current state of research on ethnic conflict--by far the most common source of violence in the world today and for the last century.
--Contributors represent a wide range of distinguished ethnic conflict scholars from all major social science disciplines on every continent.
--Students will appreciate the combination of theory and case study material from key ethnic conflicts in recent times.
List of Contributors
Christopher J. Bakwesegha, Rogers Brubaker, Walker Connor, Andrew Ellis, Milton J. Esman, Richard J. Goldstone, Hurst Hannum, Michael Hechter, Donald L. Horowitz, Ulrike Joras, Walter Kälin, René Lemarchand, Michael S. Lund, Hugh Miall, Norbert Ropers, Donald Rothchild, Conrad Schetter, Valery A. Tishkov, Max van der Stoel, Angel Viñas, Peter Waldmann, Andreas Wimmer, and I. William Zartman.
About the Editors
Andreas Wimmer is professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard J. Goldstone is Hauser Global Visiting Professor at New York University Law School and retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Donald L. Horowitz is James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke Law School, Duke University. Ulrike Joras is reasearch fellow at the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships. Conrad Schetter is research fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn.