Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist World

ISBN-13: 9780333792568 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 228 str.

Ben Fowkes

Opis

Ethnic and national conflicts have been an unexpected and major source of problems in many parts of the world in recent times. Nowhere more so than in the formerly communist countries. This book provides a readable introduction to, and brief analytical coverage of, all the ethnic disputes of the 1990s. Full justice is done both to complex present-day situations and the deeper roots of ethnic conflict. This is followed by a review and evaluation of the main available explanations.

Recenzje

'Overall the book is well researched, balanced in presenting alternative interpretations, and meticulously accurate.' - James W. Warhola, Nationalities Papers

Spis treści

Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction The Formation of Ethnic Groups Ethnic Groups into Nations Ethnicity and Nationhood under Communism The 1990s in Central Eastern Europe Ethnic Conflict and Compromise in the Former Soviet Union Reasons for Conflict and Prospects for the Future Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

BEN FOWKES was for twenty-five years Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of North London. He has carried out archival research in Vienna, Munich, Bonn, Prague and Moscow. He is the author of several works on communist and post-communist history and politics, including The Rise and Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, The Disintegration of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe from Stalinism to Stagnation and The Post-Communist Era.