Abstract: Part 1 War as a phenomenon: the faces of war, Bjorn Moller from inter-state war to warlordism - changing forms of collective violence in the international system, Dietrich Jung and Klaus Schlichte towards a comprehensive analysis of ethnicity and mass violence - types, dynamics, characteristics and trends, Christian Scherrer. Part 2 Issues at war: some main kinds of issues - terrible territoriality? issues in recent literature on conflict over territory, Tuomas Forsberg, the role of development and environmental change in conflict processes, Wenche Hauge ethnonational issues - socially constructed ethnic identities - a need for identity management? Tarja Varynen, identity and intra-state ethnonational mobilization, Ralf Ronnquist. Part 3 Causes of peace and conflict transformation: conflict management and the process of escalation - timing and types of responses, Christian Scherrer transforming conflict in democratizing states - a new agenda for conflict resolution, Janie Leatherman forms of third-party intervention - typology, theoretical approaches, empirical results, Marta Martinelli. Part 4 Case studies: identity conflicts and their resolution - the Oslo agreement and Palestinian national identities, Helena Schulz cultural roots of Russian nationalism - dilemmas of existensial conflict, Anton Ivanov ethnic conflict as political smokescreen - the Caucasus region, Tamara Dragadze ethnicity and intra-state conflict - types, causes and peace strategies - a survey of sub-Saharan Africa, Felix Bagenzi.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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