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Evolutionary theory and ethnic conflict
Title:
Evolutionary theory and ethnic conflict
Author:
James, Patrick, 1957-
ISBN:
9780313074677
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 273 p.)
Series:
Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics,

Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics.
Contents:
What can evolutionary theory say about ethnic phenomena? -- The roots of ethnic conflict: an evolutionary perspective -- A defense and an extension of Pierre van den Berghe's theory of ethnic nepotism -- Contributions of evolutionary thinking to theories of ethnic conflict and its management -- From ontology to analogy: evolutionary theories and the explanation of ethnic politics -- Primordialism, evolutionary theory, and the timing of ethnic conflict: opportunities and constraints for theory and policy -- Evolution, ethnicity, and propaganda: why negotiating with the innocent makes sense -- National identity in the Balkans: confessionalism to nationalism -- Regionalism and evolutionary theory in the former Soviet Union: Russian Kaliningrad, 1991-2000 -- Evolutionary models, third-party intervention, and ethnic conflict: does tough love really work? -- An evolutionary approach toward the drafting of autonomy agreements: applying theory to reality in the search for resolution of ethnic conflict.
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