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Understanding Ethnic Conflict : The International Dimension

by: Taras, Raymond C.; Ganguly, Rajat

Understanding Ethnic Conflict : The International Dimension

by: Taras, Raymond C.; Ganguly, Rajat

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9780321364807
ISBN 10:
0321364805
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Longman
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The completely updated edition of this groundbreaking text provides students with a clear analytical framework for understanding ethnic conflicts and how they affect international relations.

Preface

Acknowledgments

xvi

PART I ETHNIC CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Chapter 1 ETHNIC CONFLICT ON THE WORLD STAGE

(43)

Introduction

(1)

Ethnic Group, Ethnic Nation, Ethnic Nationalism

(2)

Civic versus Ethnic Nationalism

(3)

National Self-Determination in Practice

(3)

The Rise of Civic Nationalism

(2)

The Basis of Ethnic Identity

(2)

The Etiology of Ethnic Polarization and Conflict

(7)

Modernization and Ethnic Nationalism

(3)

Multiethnic States and Democratic (In)stability

(3)

Resource Competition and Ethnic Nationalism

(1)

Violent Ethnic Civil Wars in the Post–Cold War Era

(8)

Ancient Hatreds and Ethnic Conflict

(2)

The Irredentist–Anti-Irredentist Paradigm

(1)

Insecurity, Fear, and Ethnic Conflict

(3)

Elites, Massess, and Ethnic Conflict

(1)

Globalization and Ethnic Conflict

(1)

Goals of Ethnic Political Movements

(3)

The Staying Power of Ethnic Insurgency Movements

(2)

Conclusion

(11)

Chapter 2 ETHNIC CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL NORMS

(26)

Introduction

(1)

International Norms Affecting Ethnosecession

(9)

The Doctrine of Sovereignty

(6)

National Self-Determination and Ethnosecessionist Movements

(3)

The Moral Case for Secession

(11)

The Emerging Global Regime on Ethnic Minorities

(2)

Conclusion

(4)

Chapter 3 ETHNIC CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

(20)

Introduction

(1)

Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

(4)

Internal Displacement and Refugees

(1)

Torture, Abuse, and Mass Rape

(2)

Child Soldiers

(1)

State Failure and Collapse

(10)

Ethnoterrorism

(2)

Guns-for-Drugs Syndrome

(1)

Partisan Intervention and Counterintervention in Ethnic Conflicts

(1)

Typology of External Partisan Intervention

(1)

Reasons for Partisan External Intervention

(3)

Characteristics of Partisan External Intervention

(1)

Constraints on Partisan External Intervention

(1)

Consequences of Partisan External Intervention

(1)

Conclusion

(5)

Chapter 4 RESOLVING ETHNIC CONFLICTS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION

(30)

Why Resolving Ethnic Conflicts Is Important

(1)

Ethnic Conflict Resolution by International Third Parties

(6)

Peacekeeping

(1)

Peacemaking

(3)

Peacebuilding

(1)

Ethnic Conflict Resolution by the United Nations

(15)

The United Nations as a Peacekeeper

(3)

The United Nations as a Peacemaker

100

(4)

The United Nations as a Peacebuilder

104

(3)

States as Third Parties in Ethnic Conflict Resolution

107

(1)

Major Powers and Ethnic Conflict Resolution

107

(2)

Ethnic Conflict Resolution by Third-World Regional Powers

109

(2)

Regional Organizations as Third Parties in Ethnic Conflict Resolution

111

(2)

International Nongovernmental Organizations as Third Parties in Ethnic Conflict Resolution

113

(2)

Conclusion

115

(5)

PART II CASE STUDIES

Chapter 5 NATIONALISM AND THE COLLAPSE OF AN EMPIRE: THE SOVIET UNION, RUSSIA, AND CHECHNYA

120

(30)

The Breakdown of Empires

120

(2)

Why Did Ethnic Conflict Occur?

122

(17)

Soviet Imperialism and Great Russian Nationalism

122

(3)

Democratization as a Source of Ethnic Conflict

125

(1)

The Conflict of Identities

126

(2)

Nationalist Mobilization in Post—Soviet Russia

128

(2)

The Core Ideas of Russian Nationalism

130

(1)

Russian Nationalists Resurgent

131

(2)

Russia's New Minorities

133

(1)

Russia and Chechnya

134

(3)

Chechen Ethnosecessionism

137

(2)

International Reaction

139

(2)

Noninternationalization of the Chechen Conflict

141

(3)

Third-party Mediation in Chechnya

144

(2)

Conclusion

146

(4)

Chapter 6 SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES: CANADA AND QUEBEC NATIONALISM

150

(26)

Introduction

150

(1)

Why Has Ethnic Conflict Occurred? Sources of Quebec Nationalism

151

(15)

British Colonization

152

(2)

Confederation

154

(1)

Economic Stagnation

154

(1)

Conscription Crises

155

(1)

Disputed Borders

155

(1)

Society in Transformation

156

(1)

The Quiet Revolution

156

(2)

Quebec's Exclusion from the Canadian Constitution

158

(1)

The Failure to Bring Quebec Back In

159

(2)

The Growth of the Sovereignty Movement

161

(2)

The Canadian Supreme Court on Secession

163

(3)

Why Peaceful Secession Is Rare

166

(2)

International Reaction

168

(1)

Can a Constitutional Dispute Be Internationalized?

169

(3)

Is External Mediation Possible in Canada?

172

(4)

Chapter 7 INTRACTABLE ETHNIC WARS: THE TAMIL—SINHALESE CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA

176

(31)

Introduction

176

(1)

Why Did Ethnic Conflict Occur?

176

(6)

Internationalization of the Ethnic War

182

(2)

India's Attempt at Conflict Resolution

184

(5)

The Ethnic Civil War in the 1990's

189

(2)

The Start of the Norway-Facilitated Peace Process

191

(2)

Peace Negotiations

193

(3)

Suspension of Peace Talks

196

(1)

Political Turmoil and Its Impact on Peace Talks

197

(2)

Prospects for a Negotiated Peace

199

(8)

Chapter 8 WEAK STATES AND ETHNIC CONFLICT: SECESSIONISM AND STATE COLLAPSE IN AFRICA

207

(25)

Introduction

207

(1)

Weak States

208

(2)

Secessionism in Ethiopia

210

(8)

The Colonial Legacy

210

(2)

Pan-Africanism and Pan-Ethiopianism

212

(1)

Ethiopia's Collapse, Eritrea's Independence

213

(2)

Internationalization and External Mediation

215

(3)

Weak States, Politicized Identities in Central Africa

218

(6)

The Colonial Legacy and Hutu–Tutsi Rivalry

219

(1)

International and External Mediation

220

(4)

Keeping the State Strong: South Africa

224

(4)

Transition from Apartheid

225

(2)

Ethnicity, State-building, and the International System

227

(1)

Conclusion

228

(4)

Chapter 9 WESTERN MILITARY INTERVENTION AND ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICTS: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND YUGOSLAVIA

232

(32)

Introduction

232

(2)

The U.S. Occupation of Iraq

234

(7)

Toppling a Dictator, Creating a Weak State

236

(1)

The Increased Salience of Ethnoreligious Cleavages

237

(4)

Ending Afghanistan's Wars Through Intervention

241

(6)

Ethnicity, Warlords, and Internal Conflict

242

(1)

International Intervention and Peacekeeping after the Taliban

243

(4)

Wars in a Disintegrating Yugoslavia

247

(13)

International Prevarication

253

(3)

Third-party Intervention and Peacekeeping

256

(4)

Conclusion

260

(4)

Chapter 10 U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONALISM: TO INTERVENE OR NOT TO INTERVENE?

264

(12)

Studying Post–Cold War Policy Making

264

(1)

Rationales for U.S. Interventions

265

(5)

Promoting Liberal Internationalism

265

(2)

Preempting Security Threats

267

(2)

Activism to Promote Integration

269

(1)

The Backlash to U.S. Unilateralism

270

(2)

Conclusion

272

(4)

Selected Bibliography

276

(8)

Glossary

284

(13)

Index

297

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