The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict: Fear, Diffusion, and Escalation

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Title: The International Spread of Ethnic Conflict : Fear, Diffusion, and Escalation

Contributor: Cameron, Colin [Contributor]; Davis, David R [Contributor]; Fearon, James D [Contributor]; Froats, Daniel T [Contributor]; Garb, Paula [Contributor]; Halperin, Sandra [Contributor]; Hill, Stuart [Contributor]; Jentleson, Bruce W [Contributor]; Kaplan, Cynthia S [Contributor]; Keller, Fdmond J [Contributor]; Krasner, Stephen D [Contributor]; Kuran, Timur [Contributor]; Lake, David A [Contributor]; Lake, David A [Editor]; Moore, Will H [Contributor]; Rothchild, Donald [Contributor]; Rothchild, Donald [Editor]; Saideman, Stephen M [Contributor]; Zartman, I. William [Contributor]

Published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, [2021]
[Online-Ausgabe]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (424 p); 8 line illus. 21 tables

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780691219752

ISBN: 9780691219752

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Keywords: Conflict management ; Ethnic relations ; International relations ; World politics 1989- ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General ; American civil rights movement ; Autonomous Republics ; Balkans ; Barre, Siad ; Boutros-Ghali, Boutros ; Burundi ; Cameron, Colin ; Caucasian idea ; Dayton Peace Agreement ; Durbin-Watson statistics ; ECOMOG ; Eritrea ; Ethiopia ; Fearon, James D ; Garb, Paula ; Glenny, Misha ; Halperin, Sandra ; Herzegovina ; Ingush ; [...]

Type of reproduction: [Online-Ausgabe]

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Footnote: In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

Description: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict -- PART TWO: THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF ETHNIC CONFLICT -- CHAPTER TWO Ethnic Dissimilation and Its International Diffusion -- CHAPTER THREE Tactical Information and the Diffusion of Peaceful Protests -- CHAPTER FOUR Transnational Ethnic Ties and Foreign Policy -- PART THREE: THE LIMITS TO SPREAD -- CHAPTER FIVE Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict -- CHAPTER SIX Is Pandoras Box Half Empty or Half Full? The Limited Virulence of Secessionism and the Domestic Sources of Disintegration -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Spread of Ethnic Conflict in Europe: Some Comparative- Historical Reflections -- CHAPTER EIGHT Ethnicity, Alliance Building, and the Limited Spread of Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus -- PART FOUR: THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL ETHNIC CONFLICT -- CHAPTER NINE Containing Fear: The Management of Transnational Ethnic Conflict -- CHAPTER TEN Minority Rights and the Westphalian Model -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Insights from Russian Negotiations with Estonia and Tatarstan -- CHAPTER TWELVE Transnational Ethnic Conflict in Africa -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again -- PART FIVE: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

The wave of ethnic conflict that has recently swept across parts of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Africa has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. Initial outbreaks in such places as Bosnia, Chechnya, and Rwanda, if not contained, appear capable of setting off epidemics of catastrophic proportions. In this volume, David Lake and Donald Rothchild have organized an ambitious, sophisticated exploration of both the origins and spread of ethnic conflict, one that will be useful to policymakers and theorists alike. The editors and contributors argue that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds and that the collapse of the Soviet Union did not simply uncork ethnic passions long suppressed. They look instead at how anxieties over security, competition for resources, breakdown in communication with the government, and the inability to make enduring commitments lead ethnic groups into conflict, and they consider the strategic interactions that underlie ethnic conflict and its effective management. How, why, and when do ethnic conflicts either diffuse by precipitating similar conflicts elsewhere or escalate by bringing in outside parties? How can such transnational ethnic conflicts best be managed? Following an introduction by the editors, which lays a strong theoretical foundation for approaching these questions, Timur Kuran, Stuart Hill, Donald Rothchild, Colin Cameron, Will H. Moore, and David R. Davis examine the diffusion of ideas across national borders and ethnic alliances. Without disputing that conflict can spread, James D. Fearon, Stephen M. Saideman, Sandra Halperin, and Paula Garb argue that ethnic conflict today is primarily a local phenomenon and that it is breaking out in many places simultaneously for similar but largely independent reasons. Stephen D. Krasner, Daniel T. Froats, Cynthia S. Kaplan, Edmond J. Keller, Bruce W. Jentleson, and I. William Zartman focus on the management of transnational ethnic conflicts and emphasize the importance of domestic confidence-building measures, international intervention, and preventive diplomacy

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