Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy

by Diamond, Larry Jay; Plattner, Marc F.; Diamond, Larry Jay

• ISBN13: 9780801850028
• ISBN10: 0801850029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and elsewhere seemed to hold out the promise of democratic reform. But as old national and ethnic rivalries have reasserted themselves, the prospects for democracy in many parts of the world have been cast into doubt. In Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner bring together a distinguished group of contributors to examine the tensions between new hopes for democratic reform and the ancient rivalries that threaten to extinguish them. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Nationalism and Democracy
Nationalism and Democracy	p. 3
Comments on Nationalism and Democracy	p. 23
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict
Democracy in Divided Societies	p. 35
The Travails of Federalism in Nigeria	p. 56
India: The Dilemmas of Diversity	p. 71
Canada: From Bilingualism to Multiculturalism	p. 86
The Fate of Minorities in Eastern Europe	p. 102
Serbia's Road to War	p. 117
The Cruel Face of Nationalism	p. 132
Index	p. 137
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