War and ethnicity
Subtitle: global connections and local violence
By: edited by David Turton.
Contributors: Turton, David.
Series: Studies on the nature of war ;; v. 2
Publisher: University of Rochester Press; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Stress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Rochester, NY, USA; San Marino (R.S.M.)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: War; War and society; Ethnic relations; Culture conflict
Description: The great majority of today's wars take place within rather between states and are often explained and justified by participants as the result of deep and ineradicable differences between 'them' and 'us'. The contributors to this book, whose disciplinary backgrounds include history, political science, international relations and anthropology, explore the growing importance of such 'ethnic' differences in a world that is also becoming more unified, politically, economically and culturally.

They discuss the causes of internal war, the techniques used by nationalist politicians and intellectuals to turn ethnicity into a powerful political resource, the response of the UN and of non-governmental agencies to such 'complex' political emergencies as those in former Yugoslavia and Somalia and the constitutional strategies that can be used to acknowledge and accommodate ethnic diversity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented at a conference held 20th-24th March 1994 in San Marino.