The completely updated new edition of this groundbreaking text provides students with a clear analytical framework for understanding ethnic conflicts and how they affect international relations. After a look at the sources of nationalist conflict in a country, each case study then asks how the international system reacted. Taken as a whole, the book examines how successful the international system been in managing the many ethnic conflicts that erupted after the Cold War. Features Part I sets our theories of nationalism and international relations. Part II presents case studies.
Case studies are from diverse parts of the world.
Each chapter ends with a series of critical thinking questions that can be used for review or springboards for class discussion. Each case study features a map of the region of conflict. An abundance of figures make theories and data accessible. Extensive bibliography provides students with a list of sources for further reading and research. To This Edition New Chapter 9 on the former Yugoslavia provides systematic analysis of the crises in Bosnia and Kosovo.