The Ethnic Entanglement: Conflict and Intervention in World Politics

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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 the relationship between ethnicity and conflict within, across and among states Second, what role does ethnicity play in exacerbating conflicts which result in the intervention by external forces, both state and nonstate, manifested by increasing levels of violence and spillover instability, as exemplified by the Middle East, the Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia This book is designed to provide scholars of international relations with a compelling approach to the study of ethnicity. The study of ethnic nationalism is a growing area of scholarly inquiry not fully appreciated. Thus, this collection is designed to fill a void in the literature and, as such, should be of interest to students, scholars and policy makers involved with issues of ethnicity and world politics.

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The essays...useful additions to the growing body to literature that attempts to provide empirical evidence, fuller explanations and policy guidance for managing the transnational effects of ethnic conflicts.-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
"The essays...useful additions to the growing body to literature that attempts to provide empirical evidence, fuller explanations and policy guidance for managing the transnational effects of ethnic conflicts."-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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JOHN F. STACK, JR. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at Florida International University./e He is author or editor of four earlier books. LUI HEBRON is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Visiting Assistant Director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies at Florida International University.