Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict: Primal Violence Or the Politics of Conviction?The existing traditions of inquiry into ethnic conflict can be classified into four categories: essentialism, instrumentalism, constructivism, and institutionalism. All four traditions have a distinguished lineage, but none can really account for the worldwide spread of ethnic violence. We need to move from the local to the macro or global. This book, using methodology from sociology, history, and politics, will present the complexities of ethnic conflict in terms of linguistics, religion, territory, and tribes in various regions. These brilliant essays look at some of the most conflicted sites in the world, where ethnic violence has been created and played out: Burma, Indonesia, Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria, the Sudan, Mexico, and Guyana. Divided into two parts, Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict is a rich text for scholars of conflict studies, focusing on the sources and dynamics of ethnic violence and providing descriptions of ethnic conflict across the globe. |
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Contents
ThirdParty Intervention in EthnoReligious Conflict Role Theory and the Major Powers in South Asia Gaurav Ghose and Patrick James | 17 |
Ethnic Violence and the Loss of State Legitimacy Burma and Indonesia in a Context of PostColonial Developmentalism Vivienne Wee and Graeme L... | 47 |
Not Ethnicity but Race Unity and Conflict in Rwanda Since the Genocide Helen M Hintjens and David E Kiwuwa | 77 |
The HutuTutsi Conflict in Rwanda Paul J Magnarella | 107 |
PoliticoPsychological Dimensions of the Ethnic and Political Conflicts in India Conflicting Paradigms at Work Santosh C Saha | 133 |
Multifaceted Ethnic Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria Abdul Karim Bangura | 173 |
Georgetown Shuffle Ethnic Politics of AfroGuyanese Amerindians and IndoGuyanese in Postcolonial Guyana Sabita Martian | 197 |
Sudans Identity Wars and Democratic Route to Peace Rita Kiki Edozie | 225 |
Ethnic Conflict in Mexico The Zapatistas Michael R Hall | 251 |
Kurdish Ethnonationalism A Concise Overview Mir Zohair Husain and Stephen Shumock | 269 |
The Roots of Contemporary Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Burundi Johnson W Makoba and Elavie Ndura | 295 |
Bibliography | 311 |
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About the Contributors | 339 |
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| Title | Perspectives on Contemporary Ethnic Conflict: Primal Violence Or the Politics of Conviction? |
| Editor | Santosh C. Saha |
| Contributors | Abdul Karim Bangura, Rita Kiki Edozie, Gaurav Ghose, Michael R. Hall, Helen M Hintjens, Mir Zohair Husain, Patrick James, David Emmanuels Kiwuwa, Graeme Stuart Lang, Paul J Magnarella, Sabita Manian, Johnson W Makoba, Elavie Ndura, Stephen Shumock, Mark Lewis Taylor, Vivienne Wee |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lexington Books, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0739110853, 9780739110850 |
| Length | 344 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 21st Century Political Science / Globalization Political Science / Peace Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General |
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