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Ethnic Conflict A Systematic Approach to Cases of Conflict

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ISBN-10: 0872894924

ISBN-13: 9780872894921

Edition: 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Neal G. Jesse, Kristen P. Williams

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: CQ Press
Publication date: 2/9/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Maps and Tables
Preface
Ethnic Conflict and Approaches to Understanding It
Defining Our Terms
Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Ethnic and National Conflicts
Typology of Ethnic Groups
Theories of Ethnicity/Nationalism
Primordialism
Constructivism
Instrumentalism
Modernization
International Relations and Ethnic Conflict
Realism
Liberalism/Liberal Institutionalism
Constructivism
Conclusion
Levels of Analysis and Ethnic Conflict
Individual Level
Political Leadership
Elites and Ethnic Conflict
Elites and Resolving Ethnic Conflict
Domestic Level
Domestic Level Theories: Interests, Powers, and Organization
Domestic Level Causes of Ethnic Conflict: Why They Fight
Domestic Level Responses to Violence: The State and Institutions
International Level
International Level Actors in Ethnic Conflict
International Level Factors as a Means to Manage and Settle Ethnic Conflicts
Limitations of International Responses to End Internal Ethnic Conflict
Conclusion
Northern Ireland: Protestants, Catholics, and "The Troubles"
Northern Ireland in Historical Context
The Creation of Northern Ireland
From the Creation of Northern Ireland to the Present
Individual Level
Northern Ireland and Leadership Theories
Gerry Adams and the Reverend Ian Paisley
John Hume and David Trimble
George Mitchell
Domestic Level
Communities and Identities
Consociational Institutions and Ethno-Nationalist Conflict
Gendered Nationalism and Northern Ireland
The Participation of the British Government
International Level
Ireland (and the Republic of Ireland)
The Involvement of the United States
European Union
Conclusion
Bosnia: War in the Balkans
Bosnia in Historical Context
Individual Level
Slobodan Milosevic
Franjo Tudjman
Alija Izetbegovic
Ethnic Outbidding
Domestic Level
Public Opinion, Parties, and Elections
Criminals and Militias
Media, Intellectuals, and the Democratization Process
Gendered Nationalism
Economic and Political Conditions and the Ethnic Balance of Power
Religion and Nationalism
International Level
Responding to the Outbreak of War
Peace Plans
Postwar Bosnia
International Actors and Agreements
Political Institutions
Conclusion
Sudan: Arabs versus Africans and Darfur in Crisis
The Darfur Crisis in Historical Context
Individual Level
Omar Hassan al-Bashir
John Garang de Mabior (SPLA)
Domestic Level
Communities and Identities
Gendered Nationalism
Ethno-Nationalist Conflict and Domestic Political Institutions
Nongovernmental Domestic Actors
International Level
Military Supply of the Sudanese Government
European Union Arms Embargo
United States
International Condemnation
African Union
Other International Involvement: Some Minor Actors
Conclusion
Sri Lanka: Protracted Rebellion
The Sri Lankan Crisis in Historical Context
Colonialism
Civil War
Individual Level
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Ethnic Outbidding
Domestic Level
Communities and Identities
Competing Ideas of State Formation
Consociationalism versus the Hegemonic State in Sri Lanka
Negotiating from Power Balance or Power Asymmetry
Economic Roots of the Conflict
Gendered Nationalism in Sri Lanka
International Level
Sri Lanka's Importance to the Cold War and Post-Cold War World
International Intervention
India and Noncoercive Intervention
Norway's Role in the Peace Process
NGOs and IGOs
Conclusion
Israel and Palestine: Two Peoples, One Land
Israel and Palestine in Historical Context
Conflict over the Land
Attempts at Peace
Individual Level
Yitzhak Rabin
Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
Extremists, Spoilers, and Ethnic Outbidding
Domestic Level
Nationalism and National Identity
Gendered Nationalism
Political Parties
Public Opinion
Israel as Hegemonic Democracy/Ethnocracy
Economic and Political Factors in the Occupied Territories
International Level
United States
United Nations
Norway
European Union
Conclusion
Conclusion
Revisiting Theories of Ethnicity and Nationalism
International Relations Theories on Ethnic Conflict
Levels of Analysis
Individual Level
Domestic Level
International Level
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index