Each of 38 ethnic conflicts is presented with a timeline and extensive essay covering the conflict's details, historical background, management, and significance.
A century ago, Marxists predicted the social class would replace such primitive bases of political association as ethnicity and language. Yet at the beginning of a new millennium, ethnic identity remains integral to politics in the modern world. Ethnicity is a resilient and virulent political force, and its reach includes developing nations, totalitarian states, and peaceful democracies.^LEthnic conflicts have occurred throughout the world. In Africa, conflicts involving the Hutu and the Tutsi have led to genocide. The Sinhalese-Tamil conflict has disrupted both Sri Lanka and India in Asia. The presence of foreign workers has created controversy in Germany and France, the Arab-Israeli crisis has been capturing the worlds' attention for years, and African Americans in the United States have been waging a civil rights battle since the 1860s.
This book focuses on 38 ethnic conflicts. Each surveyed conflict is presented with a timeline and an extensive essay that covers the conflict's details, historical background, management, and significance. Sources for further reading are also provided. This book is the perfect starting point for students and general readers seeking information about the complex and often violent forces that have changed—and continue to change—the world's political landscape.
Bolivia
Ethnicized Peasant Conflict
Burma
The Karen Conflict
Canada
The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
Central Europe
The Romany, Stateless Minority in a World of States
China
Ethnic Conflict in the World's Largest Multinational State
Cyprus
Communal Conflict and the International System
Czechoslovakia
The Peaceful Breakup of a State
France
Ethnic Conflict and the Problem of Corsica
The "Foreigner" Issue
Germany
The Foreign Worker Issue
India
Ethnic Conflict and Nation-Building in the Indian Sub-Continent
Indonesia
The Struggle to Control East Timor
Lebanon
Ethnic Conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990
Malaysia
The Malay-Chinese Conflict in Malaysia
Mexico
The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico
Middle East
The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
The Kurds' Struggle for "Kurdistan"
The Palestinian Issue
Nigeria
Ethnic Conflict in Multinational West Africa
Rwanda
Huto-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
Soviet Union
The Ethnic Conflicts in Georgia
The Nagorno Karabagh Conflict
Spain
Basque Nationalism and Conflict in Democratic Spain
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict in India's Backyard
Sudan
Ethnic Conflict in the Sudan
United Kingdom
Great Britain: The Making of British Race Relations
Ireland: The "Irish Question" and the Partition of Ireland
Northern Ireland: The Conflict in Ulster
Scotland: Scotland and the Scottish Nationalism
Wales: The Decline and Revival of Welsh Nationalism
United States
The Struggle for Survival and Equality of the First Americans
Racial Violence in the United States, 1900-1919
Race and the Civil Rights Struggle in Post-World War II America
The United States-Puerto Rico Relationship
West Sahara
Ethnic Conflict and the 20th Century's Last Colonial War
Yugoslavia
Ethnic Conflict and the Meltdown in Kosovo
The Deconstruction of a State and Birth of Bosnia
