The Roots of Ethnic Cleansing in Europe

ISBN-13: 9781316501665 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

H. Zeynep Bulutgil

Opis

Brings together arguments focussing on domestic and international factors to offer a coherent theory of the causes of ethnic cleansing.

Recenzje

'Bulutgil's innovative study examines the causes of ethnic cleansing, and why some regions are so much more prone to ethnic cleansing than others. Her fundamental and compelling point is that 'territorial revisions' alter the balance of power among groups within annexed territories that then unleash murderous dynamics. She finds that cross-cutting cleavages serve as barriers against ethnic cleansing, while interstate ethnic conflict facilitates ethnic cleansing by increasing salience of ethnicity relative to other cleavages. This important book revisits some older theories in comparative politics and ingeniously uses them to address a critical question. In sum, The Roots of Ethnic Cleansing in Europe combines sharp theoretical insight with great empirical material.' APSA European Politics and Society Section Best Book Award Committee

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Theory; 2. Empirical implications I: cross-national test; 3. Empirical implications II: historical cases; 4. Empirical implications III: Bosnia-Herzegovina; 5. Negative and atypical cases in Europe; 6. Theoretical and empirical extensions - relative absence of ethnic cleansing in Africa; 7. Conclusion.