Screen LibraryUnderstanding ethnic conflict：the international dimension
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Longman,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 317 p.: ; 24 cm. |
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0321085949 (pbk.) 9780321085948 |
| Index Number: | D562 |
| CLC: | D562 |
| Call Number: | D562/T177/2nd.ed. |
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Ganguly's name appears first on the earlier edition. Donation. Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. I. Ethnic conflict and international politics : a conceptual framework -- 1. Ethnic conflict on the world stage -- Ethnic conflict after the Cold War -- The formation and persistence of ethnic identity -- Definitions -- The political mobilization of ethnic groups -- Indirect theories of ethnic political mobilization -- Negative theories of integration -- Negative theories of cohesion -- Indirect theories of disintegration -- Direct theories of ethnic political mobilization -- The primordialist approach -- The internal colonialism approach -- The communalist approach -- Ethnic political mobilization : aims and objectives -- Spiraling to violent ethnic conflict -- Ethnic conflict as a result of ancient hatred -- Ethnic conflict as a fallout of international conflict -- Ethnic conflict as a consequence of the security dilemma and of collective fears of the future -- Ethnic conflict as a result of elite manipulation of mass sentiment -- Ethnic conflict and international relations -- 2. Ethnic conflict and international norms -- Introduction -- International norms affecting ethnonationalism and secession -- The doctrine of state sovereignty -- Self-determination and ethnosecessionist movements -- The general case for secession : obsolescence of the state -- Moral grounds that justify secession -- The emerging global regime on ethnic minorities -- Conclusion -- 3. Ethnic conflict and international security -- Introduction -- The internationalization of ethnic conflict -- Diplomatic activity of ethnonationalists and states confronted with ethnic conflict -- Partisan external intervention in ethnic conflicts -- Ethnic conflict and international terrorism -- Ethnic conflict and refugee flows -- The ethnicization of international politics -- Globalization, interdependence, and ethnic conflicts -- The link between arms trading, drug trafficking, and ethnic conflict -- Conclusion -- 4. Resolving ethnic conflicts through international intervention -- Why resolving ethnic conflicts in important -- Ethnic conflict resolution by international third parties -- Peacekeeping -- Peacemaking -- Peacebuilding -- Ethnic conflict resolution by the United Nations -- The United Nations as a peacekeeper -- The United Nations as a peacemaker -- The United Nations as a peacebuilder -- the UN agenda in the twenty-first century -- States as third parties in ethnic conflict resolution -- Major powers and ethnic conflict resolution -- Ethnic conflict resolution by third-world regional powers -- Regional organizations as third parties in ethnic conflict resolution -- International nongovernmental organizations as third parties in ethnic conflict resolution -- Conclusion -- pt. II. Case studies -- 5. Nationalism and the collapse of an empire : the Soviet Union, Russia, and Chechnya -- The breakdown of empires -- Why did ethnic conflict occur? -- Soviet imperialism and great Russian nationalism -- Democratization as a source of ethnic conflict -- The conflict of identities -- Nationalist mobilization in post-Soviet Russia -- The core ideas of Russian nationalism -- Russian nationalists resurgent -- Russia's new minorities -- Russia and Chechnya -- Chechen ethnosecessionism -- International reaction -- Noninternationalization of the Chechen conflict -- Third-party mediation in Chechnya -- Conclusion -- 6. Separatist movements in constitutional democracies : Canada and Quebec nationalism -- Introduction -- Why has ethnic conflict occurred? : sources of Quebec nationalism -- British colonization -- Confederation -- Economic stagnation -- Conscription crises -- Disputed borders -- Society in transformation -- The quiet revolution -- Quebec's exclusion from the Canadian constitution -- The failure to bring Quebec back in -- The growth of the sovereignty movement -- The Canadian Supreme Court on secession -- Why peaceful secession is rare -- International reaction -- Can a constitutional dispute be internationalized? -- Is external mediation possible in Canada? -- 7. Protracted ethnic wars : the Tamil-Sinhalese conflict in Sri Lanka -- Introduction -- Why did ethnic conflict occur in Sri Lanka? -- Historical, cultural, and religious issues -- The issue of language -- Economic issues -- The political fallout -- The drift toward Tamil militancy -- The escalation of ethnic violence in the 1980s -- International reaction toward Sri Lanka's ethnic war -- International covert involvement in Sri Lanka -- Other international aspects of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict -- Resolution attempt : international third-party action in Sri Lanka -- The Parthasarathy initiative and the all-party conference -- The Thimpu talks -- The December 19 Proposals -- The Indo-Sri Lankan Accord -- Tamil-Sinhalese reactions to the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord -- Implementation of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord -- Why did India's resolution attempt fail in Sri Lanka? -- Withdrawal of the IPKF and the entrenchment of the ethnic civil war in Sri Lanka -- Changing international perception |