Institutions for the management of ethnopolitical conflict in central and eastern Europe
Contributors: Council of Europe
Series: Minority issues handbook
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789287163615
Subjects: Minorities; Government policy; Ethnic relations; Political aspects; Ethnicity; Conflict management
Description: This book presents a series of studies covering the work of eight different organizations active in central and eastern Europe: the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and its High Commissioner on National Minorities; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the United Nations Development Program and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; the Council of Europe; the European Union; the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe; and the World Bank. Another chapter considers the role of non-governmental organizations. The studies consider the varying approaches adopted by these institutions and illustrate the ways in which these differ from and complement one another. The assessment covers both the preventive and reactive sides of conflict management, and offers lessons for similar activities in the future, both in the region and beyond.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "European Centre for Minority Issues"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-275).
Table of contents: title: The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities / Erik Friberg and Halida Nasic; title: NATO and ethnopolitical conflict / Jennifer Medcalf; title: The stability path for South Eastern Europe / Harald Schenker; title: The World Bank : conflict management through development policy? / Pieter van Houten; title: The OSCE and the management of ethnopolitical conflict / Walter Kemp; title: Early warning and early action in the UN system : UNDP and OCHA / Sharon Rusu and Susanne Schmeidl; title: The Council of Europe and the issue of ethnopolitical conflicts / Marc Scheuer; title: NGOs acting as IGOs : alternative mechanisms for direct conflict management / Matthew Ward; title: The EU and the management of ethnic conflict / Annemarie Peen Rodt and Stefan Wolff.