Kin State Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts
Title | Kin State Intervention in Ethnic Conflicts PDF eBook |
Author | Rajat Ganguly |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998-12-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780761992721 |
This book examines the role of ethnic `kin states' in ethnosecessionist conflicts in South Asia using comparative case studies, both historical and contemporary. The author looks at how they respond to co-nationals across international boundaries and challenges the conventional wisdom that kin states act primarily as allies or friends. He provides a theoretical framework for understanding their role and then tests it against five major case studies to look at the differences in motives, responses, policy differences and consequences.
Blood and Borders
Title | Blood and Borders PDF eBook |
Author | Walter A. Kemp |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Conflict management |
ISBN | 9789280811964 |
Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic cleansing based on their group identity, whose responsibility is it to protect them? In particular, are they owed any protective responsibility by their kin state? How can cross-border kinship ties strengthen greater pan-national identity across borders without challenging territorially defined national security? As shown by the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia, unilateral intervention by a kin state can lead to conflict within and between states. The protection of national minorities should not be used as an excuse to violate state sovereignty and generate inter-state conflict. This book suggests that an answer to the kin state dilemma might come from the formula "neither intervention nor indifference" that recognizes the special bonds but proscribes armed intervention based on the ties of kinship.--Publisher's description.
Ethnic Conflict
Title | Ethnic Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Rajat Ganguly |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Limited |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 2009-10-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Ethnic conflicts in various scales and forms are a feature of the post-Cold War international landscape from which no region of the world is completely free. In terms of impact, it has been equally devastating for both developed and developing states. Therefore, there has never been a more appropriate time to study ethnic conflict in all its dimensions. This four-volume collection examines the many facets of ethnic conflict including their causes, consequences and resolution.
Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism in South and Southeast Asia
Title | Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism in South and Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Rajat Ganguly |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003-02-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
In this title, international scholars offer empirical and conceptual insights into causes of worldwide ethnic conflict and possible directions for ethnic peace. They focus on six conflicts in South and Southeast Asia and emphasise factors beyond ethnicity that perpetuate these struggles.
Coming Home to Germany?
Title | Coming Home to Germany? PDF eBook |
Author | David Rock |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | 68 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781571817181 |
The end of World War II led to one of the most significant forced population transfers in history: the expulsion of over 12 million ethnic Germans from Central and Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1950 and the subsequent emigration of another four million in the second half of the twentieth century. Although unprecedented in its magnitude, conventional wisdom has it that the integration of refugees, expellees, and Aussiedler was a largely successful process in postwar Germany. While the achievements of the integration process are acknowledged, the volume also examines the difficulties encountered by ethnic Germans in the Federal Republic and analyses the shortcomings of dealing with this particular phenomenon of mass migration and its consequences.
Ethnic Conflict
Title | Ethnic Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Cordell |
Publisher | Polity |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0745639305 |
"Investigating the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict, the authors argue that the most effective responses are those that take into account factors at the local, state, regional and global level and that avoid seeking simplistic explanations and solutions to what is a truly complex phenomenon." "Ethnic conflicts are man-made, not natural disasters, and as such they can be understood, prevented and settled. However, it takes skilful, committed and principled leaders to achieve durable settlements that are supported by their followers, and it takes the long-term commitment of the international community to enable and sustain such settlements." --Book Jacket.
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States
Title | Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Koinova |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780812245226 |
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States investigates why some Eastern European states transitioned to new forms of governance with minimal violence while others broke into civil war. In Bulgaria, the Turkish minority was subjected to coerced assimilation and forced expulsion, but the nation ultimately negotiated peace through institutional channels. In Macedonia, periodic outbreaks of insurgent violence escalated to armed conflict. Kosovo's internal warfare culminated in NATO's controversial bombing campaign. In the twenty-first century, these conflicts were subdued, but violence continued to flare occasionally and impede durable conflict resolution. In this comparative study, Maria Koinova applies historical institutionalism to conflict analysis, tracing ethnonationalist violence in postcommunist states to a volatile, formative period between 1987 and 1992. In this era of instability, the incidents that brought majorities and minorities into dispute had a profound impact and a cumulative effect, as did the interventions of international agents and kin states. Whether the conflicts initially evolved in peaceful or violent ways, the dynamics of their disputes became self-perpetuating and informally institutionalized. Thus, external policies or interventions could affect only minimal change, and the impact of international agents subsided over time. Regardless of the constitutions, laws, and injunctions, majorities, minorities, international agents, and kin states continue to act in accord with the logic of informally institutionalized conflict dynamics. Koinova analyzes the development of those dynamics in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo, drawing on theories of democratization, international intervention, and path-dependence as well as interviews and extensive fieldwork. The result is a compelling account of the underlying causal mechanisms of conflict perpetuation and change that will shed light on broader patterns of ethnic violence.