Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension, Update Edition

by Taras, Raymond C.; Ganguly, Rajat

• ISBN13: 9780205586004
• ISBN10: 0205586007
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Ethnic Conflictsurveys theories of nationalism and ethnic conflict and describes how international actors both manage and exacerbate ethnic and sectarian divisions in a country. Discussing issues of international norms, security, and intervention, this text presents a model of ethnic conflictrs"s internationalization and apply it to five original case studies. The innovative combination of theory and case study allows students to understand this global issue through in-depth examples and to critically examine ethnic conflict in the post-Cold War era.

Table of Contents

Ethnic Conflict and International Politics: A Conceptual Framework

Ethnic Conflict on the World Stage

Ethnic Conflict and International Norms

Ethnic Conflict and International Security

Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Through International Intervention

Case Studies

Nationalism and the Collapse of an Empire: The Soviet Union, Russia, and Chechnya

Separatist Movements in Constitutional Democracies: Canada and Quebec Nationalism

Protracted Ethnic Wars: The Tamil-Sinhalese Conflict in Sri Lanka

Weak States and Ethnic Conflict: Secessionism and State Collapse in Africa

Western Military Intervention and Ethno-Religious Conflicts: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia

U.S. Foreign Policy and Nationalism: To Intervene or Not to Intervevene?

Selected Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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