Evolutionary theory and ethnic conflict
By: edited by Patrick James and David Goetze.
Contributors: James, Patrick, 1957-; Goetze, David, 1949-
Series: Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Ethnic conflict.; Ethnicity -- Political aspects.; Nationalism.; Social evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: What can evolutionary theory say about ethnic phenomena?; title: The roots of ethnic conflict: an evolutionary perspective; title: A defense and an extension of Pierre van den Berghe's theory of ethnic nepotism; title: Contributions of evolutionary thinking to theories of ethnic conflict and its management; title: From ontology to analogy: evolutionary theories and the explanation of ethnic politics; title: Primordialism, evolutionary theory, and the timing of ethnic conflict: opportunities and constraints for theory and policy; title: Evolution, ethnicity, and propaganda: why negotiating with the innocent makes sense; title: National identity in the Balkans: confessionalism to nationalism; title: Regionalism and evolutionary theory in the former Soviet Union: Russian Kaliningrad, 1991-2000; title: Evolutionary models, third-party intervention, and ethnic conflict: does tough love really work?; title: An evolutionary approach toward the drafting of autonomy agreements: applying theory to reality in the search for resolution of ethnic conflict.