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    Boulder : Westview Press
    UID:
    gbv_1018257535
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (254 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    ISBN: 9780813346274
    Series Statement: Dilemmas in World Politics
    Content: Documents the decline of ethnic conflict in most world regions and discusses the growth of international responsibilities for anticipating and responding to ethnic conflict and humanitarian disasters
    Content: CONTENTS -- Tables and Illustrations -- Acronyms -- Preface -- 1 Ethnopolitical Conflict and the Changing World Order -- Defining and Mapping the World of Ethnic Groups -- The Changing Global System and Ethnic Conflict -- Contemporary Examples of Ethnopolitical Conflict -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 2 The World of Ethnopolitical Groups -- The World Historical Background to Contemporary Ethnic Conflicts -- Ethnonationalists -- Indigenous Peoples -- Ethnoclasses -- Communal Contenders -- Dominant Minorities -- Conclusion -- Religion and Ethnicity -- Where We Go from Here -- Discussion Questions -- 3 The Pursuit of Autonomy: The Kurds and Miskitos -- The Kurds: A Nation Without a State -- The Miskitos: An Indigenous Revolution Confronts a Socialist Revolution -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 4 Protecting Group Rights in Plural Societies: The Chinese in Malaysia and Turks in Germany -- The Chinese in Malaysia -- Turkish Immigrants in Germany -- The End of the Cold War and Immigration Pressures in Germany -- Minorities in Other Western European Societies -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 5 A Framework for Analysis of Ethnopolitical Mobilization and Conflict -- Approaches to Explaining Ethnopolitical Conflict -- Using Social Science Theories to Explain Ethnopolitical Conflict -- Explaining Ethnopolitical Mobilization and Conflict -- Concepts, Variables, and Indicators -- Overview of the Model -- Problems and Issues in Modeling Ethnic Conflict -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 6 The Internal Processes of Ethnic Mobilization and Conflict: Four Cases -- Conflict Processes: The Kurds in Iraq and Miskitos in Nicaragua -- Conflict Processes: Malaysian Chinese and Turks in Germany -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 7 The International Dimensions of Ethnopolitical Conflict: Four Cases
    Content: The Emerging Ethnic Dimension in Global Politics -- Communal Identities and the Formation of New States -- The Theoretical Model Revisited -- The International Context of the Kurdish Conflict -- The Kurdish Situation in Spring 2003 -- International Context of the Miskito Conflict -- The International Context of the Chinese Communist Insurgency in Malaya -- Malaysia from Independence to the Present -- The International Context of Minority Issues in Germany -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 8 Ethnic Groups in the International System: State Sovereignty Versus Individual and Group Rights -- Legal Implications of Ethnic Diversity -- Theoretical Considerations: Individuals, Groups, and the State -- The Current Status of Groups in the International System -- The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina: International Implications of Genocidal Communal Conflict -- The United Nations as Lawmaker -- The Legal Bases for International Action -- The Legality of Humanitarian Intervention -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- 9 Responding to Ethnopolitical Challenges: Five Principles of Emerging International Doctrine -- Five Principles for Managing Ethnopolitical Conflict -- The Future of Ethnopolitical Conflict -- Toward an Uncertain Future -- Discussion Questions -- Appendix -- Notes -- Suggested Readings and Research Sources -- Glossary -- About the Book and Authors -- Index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780813398402
    Additional Edition: Print version Harff, Barbara Ethnic Conflict In World Politics Boulder : Westview Press,c2003 ISBN 9780813398402
    Language: English
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