The Ethnic Entanglement
Conflict and Intervention in World Politics
- 192 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The ongoing reconstruction of world politics following the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European variants of communism have seemingly unleashed the power of ethnicity with a vengeance. Stack, Hebron, and their contributors explore the concept of ethnicity in international relations, seeking to address this most destabilizing, yet ubiquitous dimension of the emerging new world order. As a central force in international politics, ethnicity and ethnonational movements raise two fundamental questions about the nature of power and politics in contemporary international relations. First, what is the relationship between ethnicity and conflict within, across, and among states? Second, what role does ethnicity play in exacerbating conflicts which result in the intervention by external forces, both state and nonstate, manifested by increasing levels of violence and spillover instability, as exemplified by the Middle East, the Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia? This book is designed to provide scholars of international relations with a compelling approach to the study of ethnicity. The study of ethnic nationalism is a growing area of scholarly inquiry not fully appreciated. Thus, this collection is designed to fill a void in the literature and, as such, will be of interest to students, scholars, and policy makers involved with issues of ethnicity and world politics.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Internationalization of Ethnicity: The Crisis of Legitimacy and Authority in World Politics
- 2. International Ethnopolitics: Theory, Peacekeeping, and Policy
- 3. World Politics and the Internationalization of Ethnicity: The Challenge of Primordial and Structural Perspectives
- 4. Cascading Interdependence, Democratization, and Ethnic Conflict Management in Africa
- 5. Northern Ireland: Transnational Ethnic Pressures and Institutional Responses
- 6. Ethnopolitics and the Post-Soviet Transitions: A Comparison of Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania
- 7. Coping with Rising Ethnic Nationalism in China: Domestic Challenge and External Pressure
- 8. When Backyards Are Borders: The Debate over Immigration Issues in Florida, 1994–1996
- 9. Constructing the Ethnic Spectacle: Identity Politics in a Postmodern World
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Contributors