Ethnic Conflict In World Politics

The second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politics explores the new era of addressing ethnic challenges in global politics. The book covers a range of ethnopolitical conflicts, from post-colonial rebellions to anti-immigrant violence. It uses an analytical model and four case studies to help students understand these conflicts and the demands of nationalists, indigenous peoples, and immigrant minorities. The book also discusses how the international community has responded to these conflicts, including the use of proactive peacemaking and peace enforcement. It concludes by outlining five principles for managing ethnic conflicts in diverse societies. The text is supplemented with maps, tables, and figures.

This second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politics is an introduction to a new era in which civil society, states, and international actors attempt to channel ethnic challenges to world order and security into conventional politics. From Africa's post-colonial rebellions in the 1960s and 1970s to anti-immigrant violence in the 1990s the authors survey the historical, geographic, and cultural diversity of ethnopolitical conflict. Using an analytical model to elucidate four well-chosen case studiesthe Kurds, the Miskitos, the Chinese in Malaysia, and the Turks in Germanythe authors give students tools for analyzing emerging conflicts based on the demands of nationalists, indigenous peoples, and immigrant minorities throughout the world. The international community has begun to respond more quickly and constructively to these conflicts than it did to civil wars in divided Yugoslavia and genocide in Rwanda by using the emerging doctrines of proactive peacemaking and peace enforcement that are detailed in this book. Concludes by identifying five principles of international doctrine for managing conflict in ethnically diverse societies. The text is illustrated with maps, tables, and figures.