The series publishes scholarly, up to date, and succinct accounts of the origins, trajectory, and likely evolution of particular national, ethnic, and communal conflicts. Each author’s regional field experience will frame a vivid, accessible, clear, and accurate analysis for the policy-maker, scholar, student, and general reader. The series is closed to new submissions.
Throughout the world many sovereign states grant one or more of their territories greater autonomy than other areas. This arrangement, known as asymmetric autonomy, has been adopted with greater regularity...
Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities....
Nationalism and Accommodation in Multinational Democracies
Jaime Lluch
Price: $95.00
ISBN: 9780812246001
Pub Date: October 2014
Format: Hardcover
344 Pages
In the contemporary world, there are many democratic states whose minority nations have pushed for constitutional reform, greater autonomy, and asymmetric federalism. Substate national movements within...
Edited by Tristan James Mabry, John McGarry, Margaret Moore and Brendan O'Leary
Price: $89.95
ISBN: 9780812244977
Pub Date: June 2013
Format: Hardcover
416 Pages
For ethnic minorities in Europe separated by state borders—such as Basques in France and Spain or Hungarians who reside in Slovakia and Romania—the European Union has offered the hope of reconnection...
Intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars and ethnic confrontations, are the predominant form of organized violence in the world today. But internal strife can destabilize entire regions, drawing in...
Power sharing may be broadly defined as any set of arrangements that prevents one political agency or collective from monopolizing power, whether temporarily or permanently. Ideally, such measures promote...
The sheer scale and brutality of the hostilities between Russia and Chechnya stand out as an exception in the mostly peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union. Chechnya: From Nationalism to Jihad provides...
Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Kosovo
Maria Koinova
Price: $90.00
ISBN: 9780812245226
Pub Date: July 2013
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States investigates why some Eastern European states transitioned to new forms of governance with minimal violence while others broke into civil war. In Bulgaria,...
Cyprus and Institutional Innovations in Divided Societies
Neophytos Loizides
Price: $84.95
ISBN: 9780812247756
Pub Date: January 2016
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
Why do some societies choose to adopt federal settlements in the face of acute ethnic conflict, while others do not? Neophytos Loizides examines how acrimoniously divided Cyprus could re-unify by adopting...
Each of Africa's countries has a different constitutional design, is characterized by a unique culture and history, and faces different stresses that threaten to undermine political stability. Presenting...
