Contents -- Preface -- Part I EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND ETHNIC CONFLICT -- Chapter 1 What Can Evolutionary Theory Say About Ethnic Phenomena? David Goetze and Patrick James -- Chapter 2 The Roots of Ethnic Conflict: An Evolutionary Perspective Gary R. Johnson -- Chapter 3 A Defense and an Extension of Pierre van den Berghe's Theory of Ethnic Nepotism Frank Salter -- Chapter 4 Contributions of Evolutionary Thinking to Theories of Ethnic Conflict and Its Management Marc Howard Ross -- Part II SKEPTICAL VIEWS -- Chapter 5 From Ontology to Analogy: Evolutionary Theories and the Explanation of Ethnic Politics Robert Hislope -- Chapter 6 Primordialism, Evolutionary Theory, and the Timing of Ethnic Conflict: Opportunities and Constraints for Theory and Policy Frank Harvey -- Chapter 7 Evolution, Ethnicity, and Propaganda: Why Negotiating with the Innocent Makes Sense Kristan J. Wheaton -- Part III APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 8 National Identity in the Balkans: Confessionalism to Nationalism Peter Mentzel -- Chapter 9 Regionalism and Evolutionary Theory in the Former Soviet Union: Russian Kaliningrad, 1991- 2000 Joel C. Moses -- Chapter 10 Evolutionary Models, Third-Party Intervention, and Ethnic Conflict: Does Tough Love Really Work? David Carment and Dane Rowlands -- Chapter 11 An Evolutionary Approach Toward the Drafting of Autonomy Agreements: Applying Theory to Reality in the Search for Resolution of Ethnic Conflict Michael Patrick Tkacik -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.