More than ever before, ethnic struggle finds expression in the growing incidence and scale of displaced persons and refugee flows, as well as in exacerbated levels of ethnic minority abuse and involuntary assimilation. Demographic and political sources of instabiltiy in multi-ethnic societies assure the continuing significance of ethnic strife and the potential for intrastate ethnic violence far into the next millennium. While not all disagreements between ethnic groups can be expected to escalate into violence, more than a few have produced intractable and destructive conflicts, and one or more of these conflicts could utlimately reach levels that overwhelm international resources and capabilities. Carment and Harvey examine how regional and international security organizations can prevent destructive ethnic conflict and manage cases in which violence already is at hand. First they develop a conceptual framework for advancing basic research on the prevention and management of intrastate ethnic violence. They evaluate theoretical knowledge about the nature of ethnic conflict, using case material and quantitative assessments, and they apply these assumptions against recent instances of conflict management through an in-depth study of NATO's involvement in Kosovo and Bosnia. This book serves as an important research tool for students, scholars and policy makers involved with ethnic conflict and international relations.
More than ever before, ethnic struggle finds expression in the growing incidence and scale of displaced persons and refugee flows, as well as in exacerbated levels of ethnic minority abuse and involuntary assimilation. Demographic and political sources of instabiltiy in multi-ethnic societies assure the continuing significance of ethnic strife and the potential for intrastate ethnic violence far into the next millennium. While not all disagreements between ethnic groups can be expected to escalate into violence, more than a few have produced intractable and destructive conflicts, and one or more of these conflicts could utlimately reach levels that overwhelm international resources and capabilities. Carment and Harvey examine how regional and international security organizations can prevent destructive ethnic conflict and manage cases in which violence already is at hand. First they develop a conceptual framework for advancing basic research on the prevention and management of intrastate ethnic violence. They evaluate theoretical knowledge about the nature of ethnic conflict, using case material and quantitative assessments, and they apply these assumptions against recent instances of conflict management through an in-depth study of NATO's involvement in Kosovo and Bosnia. This book serves as an important research tool for students, scholars and policy makers involved with ethnic conflict and international relations.
Introduction
Early Warning and Conflict Prevention: Theory and Practice
The Theory and Practice of Coercive Diplomacy; Part I
The Theory and Practice of Coercive Diplomacy, Part II: Controlling
Escalation Through Deterrence and Compellence
Predicting Success and Failure States Versus Institutions
NATO and Post-Conflict Resolution in Bosnia and Kosovo
Evaluating Third Party Efforts to End Intrastate Ethnic
Conflict
Conclusion: The Evolution of Ethnic Conflict
Bibliography
Index
Provides a conceptual framework for advancing basic research the prevention and management of intrastate ethnic violence.
DAVID CARMENT is a NATO Fellow and Associate Professor of
International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of
International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Professor Carment has published extensively in the field of ethnic
conflict and conflict prevention. His latest books are Peace in the
Midst of Wars and Wars in the Midst of Peace, with Patrick
James.
FRANK HARVEY is a NATO Fellow and Associate Professor of Political
Science at Dalhousie University and the Centre for Foreign Policy
Studies, Halifax, Canada. His books include The Future's Back and
Conflict in World Politics, with Ben Mor.
.,."will be welcomed by students of international relations and of
ethnic politics. and by practitioners in national and international
agencies."-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development
?...will be welcomed by students of international relations and of
ethnic politics. and by practitioners in national and international
agencies.?-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development
..."will be welcomed by students of international relations and of
ethnic politics. and by practitioners in national and international
agencies."-Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
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