Disputed Territories : : The Transnational Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict Settlement / / Stefan Wolff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Wolff, Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Ethnopolitics ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Ethnic conflicts have shaped the 20th century in significant ways. While the legacy of the last century is primarily one of many unresolved conflicts, the author contends that Western Europe has a track record in containing and settling ethnic conflicts which provides valuable lessons for conflict management elsewhere. Focusing on ethno-territorial crossborder conflicts in Alsace, the Saarland, South Tyrol, and Northern Ireland, Andorra and the New Hebrides, the author develops a four-dimensional analytical framework that synthesizes the distinct factors that influence the complex relationship between host-state, kin-state, actors in the disputed territory, and in the international context.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Chronologies of Key Events -- List of Overviews of Stability Criteria -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: A Framework for the Study of Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts and Their Settlements -- 1. Conceptual Clarification: External Minorities and Disputed Territories -- 2. Possible Conflict Settlements for Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts -- 3. Conclusion of Part One: Which Factors Influence Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts and the Stability of Their Settlements? -- Part Two: Case Studies -- 4. Alsace -- 5. The Saarland -- 6. South Tyrol -- 7. Northern Ireland -- 8. Condominium Status as a Settlement for Ethno-Territorial Cross-195 Border Conflicts -- Part Three: Achieving Conflict Settlements and Managing Their Stability -- 9. Conditions Conducive to Conflict Settlement and Settlement Stability -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index