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Book SynopsisThe wave of ethnic conflict has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. This work argues that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds. The contributors include Timur Kuran, Stuart Hill, Donald Rothchild, Colin Cameron, Will H Moore, and others.
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—Roy Licklider, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsCh. 1Spreading Fear: The Genesis of Transnational Ethnic Conflict3Ch. 2Ethnic Dissimilation and Its International Diffusion35Ch. 3Tactical Information and the Diffusion of Peaceful Protests61Ch. 4Transnational Ethnic Ties and Foreign Policy89Ch. 5Commitment Problems and the Spread of Ethnic Conflict107Ch. 6Is Pandora's Box Half Empty or Half Full? The Limited Virulence of Secessionism and the Domestic Sources of Disintegration127Ch. 7The Spread of Ethnic Conflict in Europe: Some Comparative-Historical Reflections151Ch. 8Ethnicity, Alliance Building, and the Limited Spread of Ethnic Conflict in the Caucasus185Ch. 9Containing Fear: The Management of Transnational Ethnic Conflict203Ch. 10Minority Rights and the Westphalian Model227Ch. 11Ethnicity and Sovereignty: Insights from Russian Negotiations with Estonia and Tatarstan251Ch. 12Transnational Ethnic Conflict in Africa275Ch. 13Preventive Diplomacy and Ethnic Conflict: Possible, Difficult, Necessary293Ch. 14Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again317Ch. 15Ethnic Fears and Global Engagement339References351Index379
