Ethnic Conflict: Causes, Consequences, and Responses

Ethnic Conflict: Causes, Consequences, and Responses
ISBN-10
0745639313
ISBN-13
9780745639314
Series
Ethnic Conflict
Category
Political Science
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Polity
Authors
Stefan Wolff, Karl Cordell

Description

Why does ethnic conflict remain one of the major security challenges in today's world? Can we avoid another Rwanda in the future? How was it possible to prevent a significant escalation of violence in Macedonia with predominantly diplomatic means, while in neighbouring Kosovo a NATO air campaign was required to stop massive ethnic cleansing? These and other questions are the focus of this book. 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.

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