In settler societies, some conflicts have roots that are both
ethnic and colonial in nature. These are conflicts between an
indigenous ethnic group and groups and between an ethnic group and
groups of settlers who have been transplanted to a territory by a
colonial power as part of a colonizing effort. This study examines
the role that liberal parties have played and can play in recent
conflicts in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa.
Typically, such parties reject the conventional wisdom of the
settler population regarding the nature of the conflict. They also
reject the radical thinking of the liberation movements and offer,
instead, a third alternative. Mitchell hopes that this study will
provide useful information for current liberal parties in Central
and Eastern Europe and Israel.
Ultimately, many of the liberal party's ideas are adopted by the
main settler parties, allowing for a resolution of the conflict,
generally through a compromise between the liberal and indigenous
positions. However, before such resolution can occur, the liberals
must achieve an electoral breakthrough that gives them a minimum of
between five and ten percent of votes; they must also obtain
significant stable representation in parliament. Liberal leadership
must be innovative, offering new solutions that depart from the
conventional wisdom of both sides. Mitchell provides the most
detailed account yet published on the Alliance Party of Northern
Ireland. He also includes extensive information on the
KwaZulu/Natal Indaba of 1986 and analysis of the electoral fortunes
of the Progressive Federal Party in South Africa.
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