Wars in the Midst of Peace

The International Politics of Ethnic Conflict

David Carment, Patrick James, David Carment, Patrick James

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Year: 1997
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9780822971795
• Subtopic: Comparative Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Violent conflicts rooted in ethnicity have erupted all over the world. Since the Cold War ended and a new world order has failed to emerge, political leaders in countries long repressed by authoritarianism, such as Yugoslavia, have found it easy to mobilize populations with the ethnic rallying cry. Thus, the worldwide shift to democratization has often resulted in something quite different from effective pluralism.

This volume of essays assembles a diverse array of approaches to the problems of ethnic conflict, with researchers and scholars using pure theory, comparative case studies, and aggregate data analysis to approach the complex questions facing today's leaders. How do we keep communal conflicts from deteriorating into sustained violence? What models can we follow to promote peaceful secession? What effect does—or should—ethnic conflict have on foreign policy?

Wars in the Midst of Peace should be of interest to international relations specialists, policy makers, students and practitioners of peacekeeping.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Ethnic Conflict at the International Level: Theory and Evidence | David Carment and Patrick James
• 2. The Ethnic Challenge to International Relations Theory | John F. Stack Jr.
• 3. Indigenous Peoples, States, and Conflict | Gerald R. Alfred and Franke Wilmer
• 4. How Do Peaceful Secessions Happen? | Robert A. Young
• 5. Systemic War in the Former Yugoslavia | Manus I. Midlarsky
• 6. Systems at Risk: Violence, Diffusion, and Disintegration in the Middle East | Monty G. Marshall
• 7. Domestic Political Change and Strategic Response: The Impact of Domestic Conflict on State Behavior, 1816–1986 | Zeev Maoz
• 8. Ethnicity, Minorities, and International Conflict | David R. Davis, Keith Jaggers, and Will H. Moore
• 9. The Ethnic Dimension of International Crises | Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld
• 10. Secession and Irredenta in World Politics: The Neglected Interstate Dimension | David Carment and Patrick James
• 11. Preventing and Resolving Destructive Communal Conflicts | Louis Kriesberg
• 12. Ethnic Conflict at the International Level: An Appraisal of Theories and Evidence | David Carment and Patrick James
• Notes
• References
• Contributors
• Index