Facing Ethnic Conflicts Toward a New Realism

by Wimmer, Andreas; Goldstone, Richard J.; Horowitz, Donald L.; Joras, Ulrike; Schetter, Conrad; Bakwesegha, Christopher J.; Brubaker, Rogers; Connor, Walker; Ellis, Andrew; Esman, Milton J.; Hannum, Hurst; Hechter, Michael; Kälin, Walter; Lemarchand, René;

• ISBN13: 9780742535848
• ISBN10: 0742535843
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This volume offers a major tour de force in bringing together for the first time key scholars, journalists, and policymakers from a variety of discipline perspectives to fully explore the wide range of issues involved in ethnic conflict and to offer concrete resolutions. The authors focus on prevention, intervention, and institutional regulation, but through it all, they bring a realistic perspective to bear on what is happening and what can be done. The wrenching circumstances of ethnic conflicts in Rwanda, Bosnia, Chechnya, or South Africa must never be forgotten or borne again, and the authors in this monumental work remind us-graphically, but groundedly-why. Visit our website for sample chapters! Published in co-operation with the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Facing Ethnic Conflicts	1	(22)
Andreas Wimmer
Part I. Understanding Ethnic Conflicts
The Rise of the Ethnic Question
A Few Cautionary Notes on the History and Future of Ethnonational Conflicts	23	(11)
Walker Connor
Ethnicity without Groups	34	(19)
Rogers Brubaker
Ethnic Conflict and the Colonial Legacy	53	(8)
Christopher J. Bakwesegha
The Dynamics of Escalation
Exclusion, Marginalization, and Political Mobilization: The Road to Hell in the Great Lakes	61	(17)
Rene Lemarchand
Conflicts Start with Words: Fighting Categories in the Chechen Conflict	78	(18)
Valery A. Tishkov
The Asymmetry between the Dynamics of Violence and the Dynamics of Peace: The Case of Civil Wars	96	(17)
Peter Waldmann
Part II. The Politics of Intervention
Prevention and Peacemaking
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Reflections on Preventing Inter-ethnic Conflict	113	(7)
Max van der Stoel
Operationalizing the Lessons from Recent Experience in Field-Level Conflict Prevention Strategies	120	(21)
Michael S. Lund
Sources and Settlements of Ethnic Conflicts	141	(19)
I. William Zartman
Transforming Ethnic Conflict: Theories and Practices	160	(14)
Hugh Miall
Mediation and Reconciliation
From Resolution to Transformation: Assessing the Role and Impact of Dialogue Projects	174	(15)
Norbert Ropers
Justice and Reconciliation in Fragmented Societies	189	(14)
Richard J. Goldstone
Part III. Institutional Reform
Democracy and Electoral Systems
Ethnic Pluralism: Strategies for Conflict Management	203	(9)
Milton J. Esman
External Democracy Support: Challenges and Possibilities	212	(14)
Angel Vinas
Liberalism, Democracy, and Conflict Management: The African Experience	226	(19)
Donald Rothchild
Some Realism about Constitutional Engineering	245	(13)
Donald L. Horowitz
The Politics of Electoral Systems in Transition	258	(16)
Andrew Ellis
Federalism and Autonomy
Territorial Autonomy: Permanent Solution or Step toward Secession?	274	(9)
Hurst Hannum
Containing Ethnonationalist Violence	283	(18)
Michael Hechter
Decentralized Governance in Fragmented Societies: Solution or Cause of New Evils?	301	(14)
Walter Kalin
Part IV. Conclusion
Hidden Ties: Similarities between Research and Policy Approaches to Ethnic Conflicts	315	(18)
Ulrike Joras
Conrad Schetter
Toward a New Realism	333	(28)
Andreas Wimmer
Index	361	(18)
About the Editors and Contributors	379