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- ISBN: 9780205742301 | 0205742300
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/31/2009
Understanding Ethnic Conflictprovides all the key concepts needed to understand conflict among ethnic groups. Including approaches from both comparative politics and international relations, this text offers a model of ethnic conflictrs"s internationalization by showing how domestic and international actors influence a countryrs"s ethnic and sectarian divisions. Illustrating this model in five original case studies, the unique combination of theory and application inUnderstanding Ethnic Conflictfacilitates more critical analysis of contemporary ethnic conflicts and the worldrs"s response to them.
Raymond C. Taras is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University.
Rajat Ganguly is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of East Anglia.
Rajat Ganguly is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of East Anglia.
Preface | p. xi |
Ethnic Conflict and International Politics: A Conceptual Framework | |
Ethnic Conflict on the World Stage | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Definitions | p. 1 |
How Is Ethnic Identity Formed? | p. 3 |
Why Does Ethnic Conflict Occur? | p. 6 |
The First Wave: Modernization, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict | p. 6 |
The Second Wave: Multiethnic States and Democratic Instability | p. 10 |
The Third Wave: Resource Competition and Ethnic Nationalism | p. 13 |
The Fourth Wave: Theories of Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Cold War Era | p. 13 |
Goals of Ethnic Political Movements | p. 24 |
Conclusion | p. 25 |
Ethnic Conflict and International Norms | p. 34 |
Introduction | p. 34 |
International Norms Affecting Ethno-Secession | p. 34 |
The Doctrine of Sovereignty | p. 36 |
The Principle of National Self-Determination | p. 41 |
The Moral Case for Secession | p. 47 |
The Emerging Global Regime of Ethnic Minorities | p. 56 |
Conclusion | p. 58 |
Ethnic Conflict and International Security | p. 63 |
Introduction | p. 63 |
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies | p. 64 |
IDPs and Refugees | p. 65 |
Torture, Abuse, and Mass Rape | p. 66 |
Child Soldiers | p. 67 |
State Failure and Collapse | p. 68 |
Ethno-terrorism | p. 69 |
Guns-for-Drugs Syndrome | p. 70 |
Partisan Intervention and Counterintervention in Ethnic Conflicts | p. 71 |
The Staying Power of Ethnic Insurgency Movements | p. 78 |
Conclusion | p. 79 |
Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Through International Intervention | p. 85 |
Why Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Is Important | p. 85 |
Ethnic Conflict Resolution by International Third Parties | p. 86 |
Peace Keeping | p. 86 |
Peace Making | p. 87 |
Peace Building | p. 90 |
Ethnic Conflict Resolution by the United Nations | p. 91 |
The United Nations as a Peace Keeper | p. 92 |
The United Nations as a Peace Maker | p. 95 |
The United Nations as a Peace Builder | p. 98 |
States as Third Parties in Ethnic Conflict Resolution | p. 101 |
Major Powers and Ethnic Conflict Resolution | p. 102 |
Ethnic Conflict Resolution by Third-World Regional Powers | p. 103 |
Regional Organizations as Third Parties in Ethnic Conflict Resolution | p. 105 |
International Nongovernmental Organizations as Third Parties In Ethnic Conflict Resolution | p. 107 |
Conclusion | p. 108 |
Case Studies | |
Nationalism and the Collapse of Empire: The Russian-Chechen Conflict | p. 115 |
The Disintegration of Empires | p. 115 |
Why Did Ethnic Conflict Occur? | p. 118 |
Soviet Imperialism and Great Russian Nationalism | p. 118 |
Democratization as a Source of Ethnic Conflict | p. 121 |
The Conflict of Identities | p. 122 |
Box 5.1 Theorizing the Linkage Between the Soviet Internationalism Versus Russian Nationalism Conflict and its International Dimension | p. 124 |
Nationalist Mobilization in Post-Soviet Russia | p. 124 |
The Core Ideas of Russian Nationalism | p. 126 |
Russian Nationalists Resurgent | p. 127 |
Russia's New Minorities | p. 129 |
Russia and Chechnya | p. 130 |
Chechen Ethno-secessionism | p. 133 |
International Reaction | p. 135 |
Noninternationalization of the Chechen Conflict | p. 137 |
Box 5.2 Theorizing the Linkage Between the Russian Nationalism Versus Chechen Ethno-secessionism Conflict and Its International Dimension | p. 139 |
The Internationalization of Ethnic Conflict in Georgia | p. 141 |
Box 5.3 Theorizing the Linkage Between the Georgian-Versus-Minorities Conflict and Its International Dimension | p. 142 |
Box 5.4 Theorizing the Linkage Between the Georgia-Versus-Russia Nationalist Conflict and Its International Dimension | p. 144 |
Conclusion | p. 145 |
Separatist Movements in Constitutional Democracies: Canada and Quebec Nationalism | p. 150 |
Introduction | p. 150 |
Why Is There Conflict? Sources of Quebec Nationalism | p. 151 |
British Colonization | p. 152 |
Confederation | p. 154 |
Economic Stagnation | p. 154 |
Conscription Crises | p. 155 |
Disputed Borders | p. 155 |
Society in Transformation | p. 156 |
The Quiet Revolution | p. 156 |
Quebec's Exclusion from the Canadian Constitution | p. 158 |
The Failure to Bring Quebec Back In | p. 159 |
The Growth of the Sovereignty Movement | p. 161 |
The Canadian Supreme Court on Secession | p. 163 |
Why Peaceful Secession Is Rare | p. 166 |
International Reaction | p. 168 |
Can a Constitutional Dispute Be Internationalized? | p. 169 |
Is External Mediation Necessary in Canada? | p. 171 |
Box 6.1 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethno-secessionism in Quebec and Its International Dimension | p. 172 |
Intractable Ethnic War?: The Tamil-Sinhalese Conflict In Sri Lanka | p. 177 |
Introduction | p. 177 |
Why Did Ethnic Conflict Occur in Sri Lanka? | p. 177 |
Internationalization of the Ethnic Civil War | p. 183 |
India's Attempt at Conflict Resolution | p. 184 |
The Ethnic Civil War in the 1990s | p. 189 |
The Norway-Facilitated Peace Process | p. 190 |
Peace Negotiations | p. 193 |
Suspension of Peace Talks | p. 195 |
Political Turmoil and Its Impact on Peace Talks | p. 196 |
Tsunami Disaster and the Dispute over Relief and Reconstruction | p. 198 |
Endgame: Back to War and the LTTE's Destruction | p. 199 |
Box 7.1 Theorizing the Linkage Between the Tamil-Sinhalese Conflict in Sri Lanka and Its International Dimension | p. 201 |
Conclusion | p. 202 |
Weak States and Ethnic Conflict: State Collapes and Reconstruction in Africa | p. 210 |
Introduction | p. 210 |
Weak States | p. 211 |
Weak States, Politicized Identities in Central Africa | p. 213 |
The Colonial Legacy and Hutu-Tutsi Rivalry | p. 213 |
International Involvement in Rwanda and Burundi | p. 215 |
Box 8.1 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Rwanda | p. 217 |
World War in the Democratic Republic of Congo | p. 218 |
The Ethnic-Foreign Nexus in Eastern Congo | p. 221 |
International Mediation in the Congo Conflict | p. 225 |
Box 8.2 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Congo | p. 226 |
The Darfur Conflict: A Clash of Civilizations? | p. 226 |
The Ethno-religious Dimension: Muslim Arabs Versus Animist Africans | p. 228 |
Outside Actors in Sudan | p. 231 |
Box 8.3 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Sudan | p. 233 |
Keeping the State Strong: South Africa | p. 233 |
Transition from Apartheid | p. 234 |
Ethnicity, State Building, and the International System | p. 237 |
Box 8.4 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Diversity and Outside Interest in South Africa | p. 237 |
Conclusion | p. 239 |
Western Military Intervention and Ethno-Religious Conflicts: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Former Yugoslavia | p. 243 |
Introduction | p. 243 |
The U.S. Occupation of Iraq | p. 245 |
Toppling a Dictator, Creating a Weak State | p. 247 |
The Domestic and International Impact of Ethno-sectarian Cleavages | p. 251 |
Box 9.1 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Iraq | p. 255 |
Expanding Afghanistan's Wars Through Intervention | p. 255 |
Ethnicity, Warlords, and Internal Conflict | p. 257 |
International Intervention, Renewed Contact | p. 260 |
Box 9.2 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Afghanistan | p. 263 |
Wars in Disintegrating Yugoslavia | p. 264 |
International Responses in Bosnia and Kosovo | p. 269 |
Third-Party Mediation and Peace Keeping | p. 272 |
Box 9.3 Theorizing the Linkage Between Ethnic Conflicts and Outside Involvement in Bosnia and Kosovo | p. 275 |
Conclusion | p. 276 |
Conclusion | |
To Intervene or Not to Intervene? | p. 281 |
Studying Post-Cold War Policy Making | p. 281 |
Rationales for Intervention | p. 283 |
Promoting Liberal Internationalism | p. 283 |
Preempting Security Threats | p. 284 |
Prosecuting a Just War | p. 285 |
Promoting Functional Integration | p. 287 |
Conclusion | p. 288 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 290 |
Glossary | p. 299 |
Index | p. 309 |
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