The Myth of "Ethnic Conflict": Politics, Economics, and "Cultural" Violence (Research Series, No 98) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877251983 ISBN 13: 9780877251989

Publisher: Univ of California Intl &, 1883

Synopsis

In the last decade, discourses of economic and political liberalization and globalization have swept the world. Yet during this same period and all across the globe, many states are fragmenting and more than 30 ethnic and sectarian conflicts have displaced or killed millions of people--and far more civilians than soldiers. The authors in this volume argue that much of this violence is closely linked to those globalizing forces and demands for economic liberalization which have weakened states' capacities, both political and financial, for redistributing resources. As a result, many states have been forced to break established social contracts, often dramatically changing power relations in heterogeneous societies that previously had been relatively stable. Drawing on case studies from Asia, Eastern Europe, North Africa, the former Soviet Union, and the United States, the authors demonstrate how these distributional issues and power shifts have been experienc! ed as ethnic and religious discrim ination and are often at the root of identity politics and violent, so-called "cultural," conflicts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of California Intl &
• Publication date: 1883
• ISBN 10: 0877251983
• ISBN 13: 9780877251989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 580
• Editor: Crawford Beverly, Lipschutz Ronnie D.