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> <p>1. Preface <em>William Safran</em> 2. Comparing Ethnic Conflicts: Common Patterns, Shared Challenges <em>John Coakley </em>3. Belgium: Towards the Breakdown of a Nation-State in the Heart of Europe? <em>Lieven De Winter</em> <em>and</em> <em>Pierre Baudewyns </em>4. Spain: Identity Boundaries and Political Reconstruction <em>Francisco Jose Llera</em> 5. Northern Ireland: From Multiphased Conflict To Multilevelled Settlement <em>Jennifer Todd </em>6. Bosnia: Dayton is Dead! Long Live Dayton! <em>Roberto Belloni</em> 7. Cyprus: Domestic Ethnopolitical Conflict and International Politics <em>Joseph S. Joseph</em> 8. Lebanon: From Consociationalism to Conciliation <em>Simon Haddad</em> 9. South Africa: The Long View on Political Transition <em>Adrian Guelke</em> 10. Sri Lanka: The Challenge of Postwar Peace Building, State Building, and Nation Building <em>S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe </em>11. Ethnic Conflict Resolution: Routes Towards Settlement <em>John Coakley</em></p>