Ethnicity and power in the contemporary world
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Ethnicity and power in the contemporary world
Edited by
Kumar Rupesinghe and Valery A. Tishkov
United Nations University Press
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© The United Nations University, 1996
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1. Governance and conflict resolution in multi-ethnic societies
1 Governance, ethnicity, and conflict resolution
2 The role of the state
3 The concept of self-determination
4 Governance and conflict resolution in multi-ethnic societies
5 International responses and mechanisms
2. Ethnic conflict in the Horn of Africa: Myth and reality
Introduction
Conceptual problems
Problems of definition
Ethnicity and social harmony
The role of ideology
Traditional remedies
An alternative approach
Conclusion
3. Ethnic conflicts in the context of social science theories
4. Settlement of ethnic conflicts in post-Soviet society
1 Introduction
2 Types of inter-ethnic conflicts and their distribution
3 Ways to prevent ethnic conflicts
5. Dynamics of the Moldova Trans-Dniester ethnic conflict (late 1980s to early 1990s)
1 Introduction
2 Historical background
3 Linguistic disputes and growth of ethnic political activism in Moldova
4 First power shift and proclamation of sovereignty
5 From declaring sovereignty to declaring independence
6 The august 1991 coup attempt and the transition to independence
7 Large-scale inter-ethnic violence
8 Bloodshed and conflict settlement in Bendery
9 Socio-political change and inter-ethnic violence
10 Ethno-political legitimacy crisis as transition to violence
6. Ethnic conflict in the Osh region in summer 1990: Reasons and lessons
From country to borderland, from nation to minority
An ethnically divided society
The language issue
Who has been the minority since august 1991?
Conclusion
8. Conflict management in the former USSR and world experience
1 Introduction
2 On the notion of "conflict management"
3 Two cultures of conflict management
4 Ethnic conflicts as objects of management
5 Ethnic conflicts in the former USSR: history and lessons
6. Conclusion: Learning lessons
9. The dissolution of multi-ethnic states: The case of Yugoslavia
Prologue
The situation after the process of dissolution
Unresolved problems will remain
What are the prospects?
Conclusion
10. Ethnic conflict, federalism, and democracy in India
India's ethnic spectrum
Potential for conflicts and their protraction
Simultaneous conflict formation and conflict containment
Dynamics of development
Federalism
Democratic politics
Conclusion
11. An intractable conflict? Northern Ireland: A need for pragmatism
12. Political autonomy and conflict resolution: The Basque case
José Manuel Castells and Gurutz Jauregui
1 Introduction
2. Basque singularity
3. The significant political problems
4 The statute of autonomy
5 Autonomic praxis
6 Conclusion
13. Ethnic and racial groups in the USA: Conflict and cooperation
Introduction
Post-1965, immigration and the breakdown of the racial/ethnic dichotomy
Voluntary and involuntary minorities
The identities of the dominant groups
Identities and bias incidents
Incidents of bias in New York city
Howard beach
Competing perspectives, multiple realities
14. Ethnic conflicts and minority protection: Roles for the international community
1 Why should the international community be concerned with ethnic conflicts?
2. International roles in conflict prevention and resolution
3 Reconciling the humanist impulsion and the quest for a stable international order: Requirements by the international community on how to manage minority conflicts
4 Conclusions
15 The right to autonomy: Chimera or solution?