Radical Ethnic Movements in Contemporary Europe (3) (Ethnopolitics, 3) - Hardcover

Daftary, Farimah; Troebst, Stefan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1571816224 ISBN 13: 9781571816221

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2003

Synopsis

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 inter-ethnic warfare are uncommon; in the majority of cases conflicts are successfully de-escalated and even resolved. In their comprehensive conclusion, the editors offer a theoretical framework for the development of strategies to deal with violent ethnic conflict.

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Review:

"In particular, in German-speaking Europe there is a lot of expertise on ethnic tensions in Central and Eastern Europe...as this book testifies. The chapters are well written and can be read as separate pieces...They are of a high quality." - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

About the Author:

Stefan Troebstis Professor of East European Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig. Farimah Daftary is Research Associate at the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1571816224
• ISBN 13: 9781571816221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226