Radical Ethnic Movements in Contemporary Europe

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-57181-622-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Ethnopolitics

Nation states and minorities resort more and more to violence when safeguarding their political interests. Although the violence in the Middle East has been dominating world politics for some time now, European governments have had their share of ethnic violence to contend with as this volume demonstrates. And as the case studies show, ranging as they do from the Basque Country to Chechnya, from Northern Ireland to Bosnia-Herzegovina, this applies to western Europe as much as to eastern Europe. However, in contrast to other parts of the world, instances where political struggles for power and social inclusion between minorities and majorities lead to full-fledged inter-ethnic warfare are still the exception; in the majority of cases conflicts are successfully de-escalated and even resolved. In a comprehensive conclusion, the volume offers a theoretical framework for the development of strategies to deal with violent ethnic conflict.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Troebst, Stefan

Daftary, Farimah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Stefan Troebst and Farimah Daftary

PART I: COMPARISONS

Chapter 1. Regionalism in Western Europe

Peter Alter

Chapter 2. Conflicts Between East European States and Minorities in an Age of Democracy

Tom Gallagher

PART II: CASE STUDIES

Chapter 3. Ethnoradicalism as a Mirror Image of State Centralisation: the Basque Paradigm in Franco’s Spain

Daniele Conversi

Chapter 4. Chechnya and the Caucasus

Helen Krag

Chapter 5.

Adrian Guelke

Chapter 6. Explaining Ethnic Violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Marie-Janine Calic

PART III: LESSONS

Chapter 7. The Use of Force in Minority – Majority Relations: An International Law Perspective

Rainer Hofmann

Chapter 8. Third Party Mediation in Violent Ethnic Conflicts

Norbert Ropers

PART IV: CONCLUSION

Chapter 9. In Quest of Peaceful Coexistence – Strategies in Regulating Ethnic Conflicts

Ulrich Schneckener and Dieter Senghaas

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Troebst, Stefan
Stefan Troebst is Professor of East European Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig and a former Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany.

Daftary, Farimah
Farimah Daftary is a former Senior Research Associate of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany.

Stefan Troebst is Professor of East European Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig and a former Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany.