Ethnic Conflict in World Politics

by Barbara Harff and Ted Robert Gurr

Book Overview

As hot spots from Bosnia to the Caucasus to the Horn of Africa clearly signal, the end of the Cold War does not mean an end to regional conflict but rather the early phase of a new era in world... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813316979
• ISBN13: 9780813316970
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Westview Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

diverse cases of ethnic tensions

The authors provide an interesting and commendably diverse set of 4 cases of ethnic tensions. Of these, two have been basically peacefully resolved over the decades - Turks in Germany and Chinese in Malaysia. Perhaps aided in part by prosperity in both countries, which could have reduced tension over distribution of national wealth and income. Of the two other cases, the Kurds in Turkey and Iraq are now quite well known. In no small part because of the American invasion of Iraq. The Kurdish history has been far bloodier. The book was written before the invasion. Now, afterwards, the prospects for the Kurds may be a little brighter than what they have thus far endured.