Affect, Interest and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
In the current environment, most political violence occurs between internal communities, such as ethnic and religious groups, rather than between states. Such inter-communal conflict threatens both internal political stability and interstate relations. In this edited volume, a multidisciplinary and multinational group of scholars analyze the bases of inter-communal conflict and its domestic and international consequences.
The authors focus on inter-communal conflict through the lenses of political struggles in the Middle East and Asia, which provide fertile grounds for assessing the viability of new social constructions and the continuing impact of ancestral ties. Containing theoretical, regional, and country studies, the chapters tackle such issues as: the implications of changes in the institutional rules for political competition; how explanatory narratives for conflict are selected when multiple attributions are possible; the bases of ideological conflict that have arisen within Islam; the problems of ethnic competition that remain unresolved in powersharing arrangements; the consequences for international relations when national boundaries do not circumscribe ethnic and religious communities; and the subordination of womens interests to religious conflict and its resolution. Since identities are shaped by multiple qualities, the contributions examine the role of ideologies, institutions, and politicians in shaping political cleavages, communities, and conflicts.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Arthur A. Stein is Professor of Political Science at UCLA, California, USA. He is the author of The Nation at War (1980) and Why Nations Cooperate (1990); and co-editor of The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy (1993, with Richard N. Rosecrance), and of No More States?: Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism (2006, with Richard N. Rosecrance).
Ayelet Harel-Shalev is Senior Lecturer in the Conflict Management and Resolution Program and the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Her interests and publications are at the intersection of politics, conflict studies and feminist international relations, and focus mainly on ethnic-conflicts and women in the military.
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Series editors:
Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK
John Solomos, University of Warwick, UK
The journal Ethnic and Racial Studies was founded in 1978 by John Stone to provide an international forum for high quality research on race, ethnicity, nationalism and ethnic conflict. At the time the study of race and ethnicity was still a relatively marginal sub-field of sociology, anthropology and political science. In the intervening period the journal has provided a space for the discussion of core theoretical issues, key developments and trends, and for the dissemination of the latest empirical research.
It is now the leading journal in its field and has helped to shape the development of scholarly research agendas. Ethnic and Racial Studies attracts submissions from scholars in a diverse range of countries and fields of scholarship, and crosses disciplinary boundaries. It is now available in both printed and electronic form. From 2015 it will publish 15 issues per year, three of which will be dedicated to Ethnic and Racial Studies Review offering expert guidance to the latest research through the publication of book reviews, symposia and discussion pieces, including reviews of work in languages other than English.
The Ethnic and Racial Studies book series contains a wide range of the journals special issues. These special issues are an important contribution to the work of the journal, where leading social science academics bring together articles on specific themes and issues that are linked to the broad intellectual concerns of Ethnic and Racial Studies. The series editors work closely with the guest editors of the special issues to ensure that they meet the highest quality standards possible. Through publishing these special issues as a series of books, we hope to allow a wider audience of both scholars and students from across the social science disciplines to engage with the work of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Most recent titles in the series include:
Immigrant Incorporation in Political Parties
Exploring the diversity gap
Edited by Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Iris Dhnke and Lea Markard
Racialized Bordering Discourses on European Roma
Edited by Nira Yuval Davis, Georgie Wemyss and Kathryn Cassidy
Affect, Interest and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
Edited by Arthur A. Stein and Ayelet Harel-Shalev
Celebrating 40 Years of Ethnic and Racial Studies
Classic Papers in Context
Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos
Affect, Interest and Political Entrepreneurs in Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
Edited by
Arthur A. Stein and Ayelet Harel-Shalev
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