Ethnic Conflict A Global Perspective

Name: Ethnic Conflict A Global Perspective
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ISBN: 9780192805881

ISBN-10: 0192805886

ISBN-13: 9780192805881

Edition: 2007

Authors: Stefan Wolff

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Why is it that Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland have been in perpetual conflict for thirty years when they can live and prosper together elsewhere? Why was there a bloody civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina when Croats, Serbs, and Muslims had lived peacefully side-by-side for decades? Why did nobody see and act upon the early warning signs of genocide in Rwanda that eventually killed close to a million people in a matter of weeks? What is it that makes Kashmirpotentially worth a nuclear war between India and Pakistan?In recent years hardly a day has gone by when ethnic conflict in some part of the world has not made headline news. The violence involved in these conflicts…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Illustrations


Maps


Introduction. Ethnopolitics: Conflict versus cooperation



The human dimension: Facts, figures, and stories of ethnic conflict



Ethnicity and nationalism



What causes ethnic conflicts?



Who fights in ethnic conflicts and how?



Managing and settling ethnic conflicts



Post-conflict reconstruction



The future of ethnic conflict: Possibilities and probabilities


Endnotes


Index