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Book SynopsisThe international symposium in Washington, DC organized by the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences in December 2001 addressed: characteristics of peaceful management of tensions in multiethnic societies; policies that have contributed to violence; and more. This report presents the proceedings of this symposium.
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Priorities for Research on Conflict in Multiethnic Countries; 3 Reports of Working Groups - Priorities for Research on Collective Violence; 4 Priorities for Research on Culture, Identity, and Conflict; 5 Priorities for Research on the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts; 6 Supporting Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001 - The State of the Art of Understanding Violence; 7 Priority Themes for Research on Collective Violence; 8 Violence in Ethnonational Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space; 9 The Anthropology of Collective Violence; 10 State, Ethnocultural Identities, and Intergroup Relations; 11 The Effects of Globalization on Russia: An Analysis of New Russian Nationalism; 12 Culture, Identity, and Conflict: Suggested Areas for Further Research; 13 Culture, Identity, and Conflict: The Influence of Gender; 14 A Typology of Identity Conflicts for Comparative Research; 15 Comments on the Design and Direction of the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts Project; 16 General Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001 - Multiethnic States and Conflicts After the USSR; 17 Problems of Maintaining Ethnopolitical Stability and the Prevention of Conflicts in the Volga Federal District; 18 The Dynamics of the Ethnopolitical Situation and Conflicts in the North Caucasus; 19 Organizational Aspects - Working Group Members and Charges to the Three Working Groups: Interacademy Workshop on Conflicts in Multiethnic Societies, December 2001; 20 Agenda for Russian Policy Officials, December 5-6, 2001; 21 Plenary Session Agenda and Participants: Interacademy Workshop on Conflicts in Multiethnic Societies, December 7-8, 2001; 22 Appendix A: Selected Documents from the Interacademy Symposium in Moscow, December 18-20, 2000; 23 Appendix B: Documents Concerning the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus); 24 Appendix C: Documents Concerning the Volga District; 25 Appendix D: Other Documents
