| Description |
viii, 174 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
ABC-Clio ebook
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| Contents |
1. The Internationalization of Ethnicity: The Crisis of Legitimacy and Authority in World Politics / Lui Hebron and John F. Stack, Jr. -- 2. International Ethnopolitics: Theory, Peacekeeping, and Policy / David Carment and Patrick James -- 3. World Politics and the Internationalization of Ethnicity: The Challenge of Primordial and Structural Perspectives / Lui Hebron and John F. Stack, Jr. -- 4. Cascading Interdependence, Democratization, and Ethnic Conflict Management in Africa / Shaheen Mozaffar -- 5. Northern Ireland: Transnational Ethnic Pressures and Institutional Responses / Richard B. Finnegan -- 6. Ethnopolitics and the Post-Soviet Transitions: A Comparison of Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania / Tamara J. Resler -- 7. Coping with Rising Ethnic Nationalism in China: Domestic Challenge and External Pressure / Taifa Yu -- 8. When Backyards Are Borders: The Debate over Immigration Issues in Florida, 1994-1996 / Emily Copeland |
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9. Constructing the Ethnic Spectacle: Identity Politics in a Postmodern World / Sheila L. Croucher |
| Summary |
The ongoing reconstruction of world politics following the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European variants of communism have seemingly unleashed the power of ethnicity with a vengeance. Stack, Hebron, and their contributors explore the concept of ethnicity in international relations, seeking to address this most destabilizing, yet ubiquitous dimension of the emerging new world order. As a central force in international politics, ethnicity and ethnonational movements raise two fundamental questions about the nature of power and politics in contemporary international relations. First, what is t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-165) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Conflict management.
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International relations and culture.
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Pacific settlement of international disputes.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| Author |
Hebron, Lui.
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Stack, John F.
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| LC no. |
98047815 |
| ISBN |
0275962229 (alk. paper) |
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