Ethnic Conflict in the Western World / / ed. by Milton J. Esman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Beer, William R.,; Berger, Suzanne,; Brazeau, Jacques,; Bridge, Susan,; Cloutier, Edouard,; Connor, Walker,; Esman, Milton J.,; Greenwood, Davydd J.,; Katzenstein, Peter J.,; Lijphart, Abend,; Obler, Jeffrey,; Scheinman, Lawrence,; Schmitt, David E.,; Smiley, Donald V.,; Steiner, Jorg,; Zolberg, Aristide R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Esman, Milton J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Why, in the late 1960's, did ethnic minorities such as Scots and Welsh, Quebecois, Bretons and Basques unexpectedly begin to protest and assert their demands with fresh vigor, confidence, and even violence? What are the factors that help to explain the activation of these ethnic political movements, some of which now threaten the continued integrity of such long-established states as Canada and Great Britain? This book represents the first systematic attempt to deal with the re-emergence of ethnic conflict in Western societies. In addition to three historical and theoretical essays, there are eleven case studies of countries where ethnic nationalism has become politically significant. In a concluding chapter the editor comments on the theoretical and policy implications of the country studies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Introduction -- I. HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS -- 1. Ethnonationalism in the First World: The Present in Historical Perspective -- 2. Political Theories and the Explanation of Ethnic Conflict in the Western World: Falsified Predictions and Plausible Postdictions -- 3. The Interfaces of Regionalism in Western Europe: Brussels and the Peripheries -- II. CASE STUDIES -- 4. Continuity in Change: Spanish Basque Ethnicity as a Historical Process -- 5. Splitting the Difference: Federalization without Federalism in Belgium -- 6. The Social Class of Ethnic Activists in Contemporary France -- 7. Bretons and Jacobins: Reflections on French Regional Ethnicity -- 8. French-English Relations in Canada and Consociational Democracy -- 9. Interethnic Relations and the Language Issue in Contemporary Canada: A General Appraisal -- 10. Ethnic Conflict in Northern Ireland: International Aspects of Conflict Management -- 11. Scottish Nationalism, North Sea Oil, and the British Response -- 12. Ethnic Political Conflict in South Tyrol -- 13. Does the Consociational Theory Really Hold for Switzerland? -- 14. Some Causes of Political Change in Modern Yugoslavia -- III. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- 15. Perspectives on Ethnic Conflict in Industrialized Societies -- Contributors -- Index