Fwd: New book: Democratization and Ethnic Peace
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Fwd: New book: Democratization and Ethnic Peace
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From: William McKinney <[email protected]>
Here is a complete description and ordering information for the book
Democratization and Ethnic Peace. It is certainly of interest that
Ashgate offers a 15% discount for online orders.
Sincerely,
William
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From: Stefan Wolff <[email protected]>
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Date: 09 December 1999 12:47
New Book: Democratization and Ethnic Peace
The book can be ordered directly from the publishers, Ashgate, who
promise a 15% discount on online orders - http://www.ashgate.com.
Beware, it's a terribly slow web site (at least it was when I visited
this morning).
Stefan
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Democratization and Ethnic Peace
Patterns of Ethnopolitical Crisis Management in Post-Soviet Settings
Airat R. Aklaev
"Airat R. Aklaev's study is a pioneering work in the application of
the democratic peace proposition to issues of ethnopolitical conflict
management under conditions of transforming and developing societies.
His work presents an impressive survey and assessment of the
theoretical discussion in the field and gives an excellent comparative
overview of the linkages between democratization and ethnic peace in
four interesting cases in the post-Soviet space. It is an important
contribution to the question of how to create sustainable democracies
in multiethnic societies." - Dr. Norbert Ropers, Director of the
Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, Berlin
"Under the current circumstances of increasing and widespread ethnic
violence and conflict, this book is essential reading for those of us
interested in the conditions under which democracy leads to ethnic
peace. The author offers a comprehensive and most impressive review of
the various theoretical literatures in the field as well as an
excellent empirical treatment of ethnic conflicts in Post-Soviet
societies. Scholars, students, and practitioners alike will learn from
this book." - Professor Thomas Risse, Professor and International
Relations Chair, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Democratization and Ethnic Peace explores the ethnic dimension of
democratic peace agenda in new democracies. The democratic peace
proposition concerns the fact that free peoples make good neighbors.
How does it apply intra-nationally within multiethnic states? Does the
establishment of a constructive and peaceful pattern of ethnic
conflict management have anything to do with the type of rule? What
tasks and dilemmas must be dealt with in order to promote a more
positive and stable relationship of peace in democratizing multiethnic
systems? The author searches for answers to these and other topical
questions to underscore the linkage between ethnopolitical crises,
change and choice.
The case study section examines the meanings, articulations, dynamics
and character of ethnic peace in four post-Soviet cases (Estonia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Russia) with particular focus on areas, factors
and patterns of critical choice in the realms of institutions and
interactions at the onset and at critical junctions of the
democratization dynamic.
Contents: List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction
and overview; Part I: Democratization, Crises, and Ethnic Peace: A
Conceptual Framework: Democratic peace: considering its ethnic
dimension; Ethnic conflict and crises in changing societies; Democracy
and multiethnicity: conditions of democratic ethnic peace;
Democratization and factors of ethnic peace; Part II: Post-Communist
Democratization and Ethnopolitical Crises, Change and Choice:
Post-Communist democratization and ethnopolitical crises;
>From Soviet to post-Soviet ethnopolitics: change and menu of choice;
Part III: Managing Problem Areas (Crises) in Democratizing
Ethnopolitics: Four Post-Soviet Cases: Estonia; Lithuania; Moldova;
Russian Federation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Airat R. Aklaev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology,
Russia.
ISBN: 1-84014-972-8 1999 304 pages 42.50 Hardback
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