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Referendums and Ethnic Conflict
Häftad, 2022
384 kr
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Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there had yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness until Matt Qvortrup's Referendums and Ethnic Conflict. Qvortrup's study filled the gap with a comparative and empirical …
Chechnya
From Nationalism to Jihad
Av James Hughes
E-bok, 2013
424 kr
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The sheer scale and brutality of the hostilities between Russia and Chechnya stand out as an exception in the mostly peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union. Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad provides a fascinating analysis of the transformation of secular nationalist resistance in a nominally …
Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa
E-bok, 2012
504 kr
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Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities. In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, decades of colonial subjugation-most infamously …
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel
Av Oded Haklai
E-bok, 2011
1092 kr
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Arabs make up approximately 20 percent of the population within Israel's borders. Until the 1970s, Arab citizens of Israel were a mostly acquiescent group, but in recent decades political activism has increased dramatically among members of this minority. Certain activists within this population …
Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan
The Transformative Power of Informal Networks
E-bok, 2011
1027 kr
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The collapse of the Soviet Union suddenly rendered ethnic Russians living in non-Russian successor states like Latvia and Kyrgyzstan new minorities subject to dramatic political, economic, and social upheaval. As elites in these new states implemented formal policies and condoned informal practices …
Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts
Av Marc Weller, Katherine Nobbs
E-bok, 2011
554 kr
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Throughout the world many sovereign states grant one or more of their territories greater autonomy than other areas. This arrangement, known as asymmetric autonomy, has been adopted with greater regularity as a solution to ethnic strife and secessionist struggles in recent decades. As asymmetric …
Crisis in Kirkuk
The Ethnopolitics of Conflict and Compromise
Av Liam Anderson, Gareth Stansfield
E-bok, 2011
1223 kr
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Despite dramatic improvements in the security environment in most parts of Iraq, still unresolved are many core political issues, foremost of which is the conflict over the city and region of Kirkuk. With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens, Kirkuk in recent …
Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places
Av Joanne McEvoy, Brendan O'Leary
E-bok, 2013
1451 kr
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Power sharing may be broadly defined as any set of arrangements that prevents one political agency or collective from monopolizing power, whether temporarily or permanently. Ideally, such measures promote inclusiveness or at least the coexistence of divergent cultures within a state. In places …
Divided Nations and European Integration
Av Tristan James Mabry, John McGarry m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1110 kr
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For ethnic minorities in Europe separated by state borders-such as Basques in France and Spain or Hungarians who reside in Slovakia and Romania-the European Union has offered the hope of reconnection or at least of rendering the divisions less obstructive. Conationals on different sides of European …
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States
Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo
E-bok, 2013
1206 kr
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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 …
Nonstate Actors in Intrastate Conflicts
E-bok, 2013
1180 kr
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Intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars and ethnic confrontations, are the predominant form of organized violence in the world today. But internal strife can destabilize entire regions, drawing in people living beyond state borders-particularly those who share ideology, ethnicity, or kinship with …
Referendums and Ethnic Conflict
E-bok, 2014
1451 kr
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Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there has yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness. Referendums and Ethnic Conflict fills the gap with a comparative and empirical analysis of all the referendums held on …
Visions of Sovereignty
Nationalism and Accommodation in Multinational Democracies
Av Jaime Lluch
E-bok, 2014
1336 kr
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In the contemporary world, there are many democratic states whose minority nations have pushed for constitutional reform, greater autonomy, and asymmetric federalism. Substate national movements within countries such as Spain, Canada, Belgium, and the United Kingdom are heterogeneous: some …
Chechnya
From Nationalism to Jihad
Av James Hughes
Häftad, 2008
331 kr
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The sheer scale and brutality of the hostilities between Russia and Chechnya stand out as an exception in the mostly peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union. Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad provides a fascinating analysis of the transformation of secular nationalist resistance in a nominally …
Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa
Häftad, 2009
399 kr
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Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities. In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, decades of colonial subjugation-most infamously …
Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts
Av Marc Weller, Katherine Nobbs
Häftad, 2012
440 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Throughout the world many sovereign states grant one or more of their territories greater autonomy than other areas. This arrangement, known as asymmetric autonomy, has been adopted with greater regularity as a solution to ethnic strife and secessionist struggles in recent decades. As asymmetric …
Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan
The Transformative Power of Informal Networks
Inbunden, 2010
852 kr
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The collapse of the Soviet Union suddenly rendered ethnic Russians living in non-Russian successor states like Latvia and Kyrgyzstan new minorities subject to dramatic political, economic, and social upheaval. As elites in these new states implemented formal policies and condoned informal practices …
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel
Av Oded Haklai
Inbunden, 2011
908 kr
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Arabs make up approximately 20 percent of the population within Israel's borders. Until the 1970s, Arab citizens of Israel were a mostly acquiescent group, but in recent decades political activism has increased dramatically among members of this minority. Certain activists within this population …
Divided Nations and European Integration
Av Tristan James Mabry, John McGarry m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
939 kr
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For ethnic minorities in Europe separated by state borders-such as Basques in France and Spain or Hungarians who reside in Slovakia and Romania-the European Union has offered the hope of reconnection or at least of rendering the divisions less obstructive. Conationals on different sides of European …
Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places
Av Joanne McEvoy, Brendan O'Leary
Inbunden, 2013
1134 kr
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Power sharing may be broadly defined as any set of arrangements that prevents one political agency or collective from monopolizing power, whether temporarily or permanently. Ideally, such measures promote inclusiveness or at least the coexistence of divergent cultures within a state. In places …
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States
Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo
Inbunden, 2013
1011 kr
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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 …
Referendums and Ethnic Conflict
Inbunden, 2014
1190 kr
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Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there has yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness. Referendums and Ethnic Conflict fills the gap with a comparative and empirical analysis of all the referendums held on …
After Civil War
Division, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe
Av Bill Kissane
Inbunden, 2014
965 kr
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Civil war inevitably causes shifts in state boundaries, demographics, systems of rule, and the bases of legitimate authority-many of the markers of national identity. Yet a shared sense of nationhood is as important to political reconciliation as the reconstruction of state institutions and …
Constitutions and Conflict Management in Africa
Preventing Civil War Through Institutional Design
Inbunden, 2015
965 kr
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Each of Africa's countries has a different constitutional design, is characterized by a unique culture and history, and faces different stresses that threaten to undermine political stability. Presenting the first database of constitutional design in all African countries, along with seven original …
Standardizing Diversity
The Political Economy of Language Regimes
Av Amy H. Liu
Inbunden, 2015
908 kr
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Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of …
Designing Peace
Cyprus and Institutional Innovations in Divided Societies
Inbunden, 2016
951 kr
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Why do some societies choose to adopt federal settlements in the face of acute ethnic conflict, while others do not? Neophytos Loizides examines how acrimoniously divided Cyprus could re-unify by adopting a federal and consociational arrangement inspiring similar attempts in its region.Loizides …
Consociation and Voting in Northern Ireland
Party Competition and Electoral Behavior
Av John Garry
Inbunden, 2016
965 kr
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For thirty years, Northern Ireland was riven by sustained ethnonationalist conflict over the issue of whether the territory should remain part of the United Kingdom or reunify with the Republic of Ireland. The 1998 Belfast or "Good Friday" Agreement brought peace to the region by instituting a …
Referendums and Ethnic Conflict
Inbunden, 2022
1134 kr
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Although referendums have been used for centuries to settle ethnonational conflicts, there had yet been no systematic study or generalized theory concerning their effectiveness until Matt Qvortrup's Referendums and Ethnic Conflict. Qvortrup's study filled the gap with a comparative and empirical …
Power-Sharing Executives
Governing in Bosnia, Macedonia, and Northern Ireland
E-bok, 2014
1336 kr
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To achieve peaceful interethnic relations and a stable democracy in the aftermath of violent conflict, institutional designers may task political elites representing previously warring sides with governing a nation together. In Power-Sharing Executives, Joanne McEvoy asks whether certain …
After Civil War
Division, Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe
Av Bill Kissane
E-bok, 2014
1157 kr
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Civil war inevitably causes shifts in state boundaries, demographics, systems of rule, and the bases of legitimate authority-many of the markers of national identity. Yet a shared sense of nationhood is as important to political reconciliation as the reconstruction of state institutions and …
