Identity Matters: Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict

by Patricia M. Thornton

Book Overview

In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and war in Afghanistan, the Fulbright New Century Scholars program brought together social scientists from around the world to study sectarian, ethnic, and cultural conflict within and across national borders. As one result of their year of intense discussion, this book examines the roots of collective violence - and the measures taken to avoid it - in Burma (Myanmar), China, Germany, Pakistan,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845453115
• ISBN13: 9781845453114
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"