Pathways from Ethnic Conflict

<p>The book begins with an agenda-setting introduction which will provide an overview of the central question being addressed such as the circumstances associated with the move towards a political settlement the parameters of this settlement and the factors that have assisted in bringing it about. The remaining contributions will focus on a range of cases selected for their diversity and their capacity to highlight the full gamut of political approaches to conflict resolution. The cases vary in:</p><ul> <li>the intensity of the conflict (from Belgium where it is potential rather than actual to Sri Lanka where it has come to a recent violent conclusion); </li> <li>in the geopolitical relationship between the competing groups (from Cyprus where they are sharply segregated geographically to Northern Ireland where they are intermingled); </li> <li>in the extent to which a stable constitutional accommodation has been reached (ranging from the Basque Country with a large range of unresolved problems to South Africa which has achieved a significant level of institutional stability).</li> </ul><p>This book ranges over the world’s major geopolitical zones including Asia the Middle East Africa and Europe and will be of interest to practitioners in the field of international security.</p><p>This book was published as a special issue of <em>Nationalism and Ethnic Politics</em>.</p>