War and Ethnicity - Global Connections and Local Violence (Paperback, New ed)

A valuable collection of articles, which should be widely read. DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Studies on war and violence in Bosnia, Somalia and other regions, their effect on ethnic minorities, and the intervention of political and other agencies. The great majority of today's wars take place within rather than between states and are often explained and justified by participants as the result of deep and ineradicable differences between "them" and "us". The contributors tothis book, whose disciplinary backgrounds include history, political science, international relations and anthropology, explore the growing importance of such 'ethnic' differences in a world that is also becoming more unified, politically, economically and culturally. They discuss the causes of internal war, the techniques used by nationalist politicians and intellectuals to turn ethnicity into a powerful political resource, the response of the UN and of non-governmental agencies to such "complex" political emergencies as those in former Yugoslavia and Somalia and the constitutional strategies that can be used to acknowledge and accommodate ethnic diversity. Taken together, the papers demonstrate that the relationship between ethnicity and war is not a simple matter of cause and effect. Ethnic differences are not given in nature, ethnicity does not arise suddenly andspontaneously but only in specific historical circumstances and it is unlikely to become a lethal force in human affairs except through the deliberate calculation of political elites. DAVID TURTON is Director of the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford. CONTRIBUTORS: TOM GALLAGHER, STEFAN TROEBST, THOMAS ZITELMANN, KLAUS JUERGEN GANTZEL, JAKOB ROESEL, HARRY GOULBOURNE, IOAN LEWIS, MARK DUFFIELD.

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Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies on the Nature of War
Release date:	2003
First published:	1997
Editors:	David Turton
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	280
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-85115-869-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Theory of warfare & military science Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85115-869-2
Barcode:	9780851158693

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