Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity

This book follows an approach that combines the viewpoints of both the realists and the idealists in dealing with the issues of conflict and peace. The ideas models and peace processes it proposes take into consideration the imperatives of real life without abandoning the dreams of a more peaceful and just world. The shared homeland model as developed here provides hope that ethnic conflict can be resolved in a manner that satisfies a group''s need for recognition and cultural particularism as well as its need for economic development security and regional activity. The book also defines and integrates steps of political conflict resolution into one theory that produces one of the first textbooks on the subject.