DEMOCRACY AND ETHNIC CONFLICT: ADVANCING PEACE IN DEEPLY DIVIDED SOCIETIES; ED. BY ADRIAN GUELKE

Democracy and Ethnic Conflict addresses the problem of establishing durable democratic institutions in societies afflicted by ethnic conflict. While the holding of multi-party elections usually plays a role in the ending of conflict, consolidating democracy presents a much larger challenge, as does preventing the perversion of democracy through the dominance of a particular ethnic group. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: Advancing Peace in Deeply Divided Societies....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Transforming Ethnic Orders to Pluralist Regimes: Theoretical, Comparative and Historical Analysis....Pages 7-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Divided Societies: Electoral Polarisation and the Basque Country....Pages 29-51 The Arab Minority in Israeli Politics: Between ‘Ethnic Democracy’ and ‘Democratic Integration’....Pages 52-79 The Autonomy Puzzle: Territorial Solutions to the Kashmir Conflict....Pages 80-103 The ‘Velvet Divorce’ of Czechoslovakia as a Solution to a Conflict of Nationalisms....Pages 103-117 Leadership and Developing Democracy Where There is None....Pages 118-135 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 Using Public Opinion Polls to Support Peace Processes: Practical Lessons from Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Cyprus, Israel and Palestine....Pages 139-167 The Politics of Imitation: The Role of Comparison in Peace Processes....Pages 168-183 The Concept of Justice in the Early Post-Conflict Transitional Period: A Comparative Perspective....Pages 184-195 Punishment, Amnesty and Truth: Legal and Political Approaches....Pages 196-217 Deepening Democracy and Ethno-Political Mobilisation: A Survey of Five Cases....Pages 218-238 Conclusion: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict....Pages 239-251 Back Matter....Pages 252-254 "Let us not underestimate the importance of foreign policy to the New Labour project. The level of interest in the media and the priority accorded to security by public opinion are two indicators of the rise of foreign policy on the agenda of British politics. Hitherto, we have had to rely on accounts by journalists and commentators. Paul Williams' British Foreign Policy Under New Labour takes the analysis to another level. The book weaves a number of narratives through detailed empirical case studies, and in doing so is likely to appeal to an informed audience beyond the university sector. It will be the standard work on the statecraft of the first two Blair governments."--Tim Dunne, Head of Politics, University of Exeter, UK 'Williams has provided a useful addition to the emerging literature on New Labour's foreign policy. It is critical, well structured and argumentative and deserves to be read by both students and scholars alike, being particularly strong on the defence and security aspects of British foreign policy in this period.' - Oliver Daddow in Political Studies Review Democracy and Ethnic Conflict aims to make a contribution to the literature in three of the most rapidly growing areas of political study and analysis: ethnic conflict, peace processes and democratisation. There is great interest in the process of transition to democracy, as well as a growing interest in the field of the consolidation of democracy. The focus on consolidation reflects a recognition that while multiparty elections almost invariably play a role in the ending of conflicts, establishing enduring democratic institutions presents an altogether bigger challenge. Similarly, there is an interest in peace processes that is likely to become even more intense as the link between failed peace processes and international terrorism becomes more apparent. Ethnic conflict, with its emergence as a significant source of global political instability, has been at the centre of the disciplines of Politics and International Relations since the end of the Cold War This important new study provides a critical analysis of the foreign policies conducted during the first two terms of Tony Blair's government. It focuses upon the government's key foreign policy commitments; three of its most important international relationships (with the US, the European Union, and Africa); and how Blair's government dealt with five fundamental policy issues (political economy, defence, international development, intervention, and Iraq). It argues that throughout this period Labour's foreign policies attempted to paper over some important contradictions.

Democracy and Ethnic Conflict addresses the problem of establishing durable democratic institutions in societies afflicted by ethnic conflict. While the holding of multi-party elections usually plays a role in the ending of conflict, consolidating democracy presents a much larger challenge, as does preventing the perversion of democracy through the dominance of a particular ethnic group.

This text addresses the problem of establishing durable democratic institutions in societies afflicted by ethnic conflict. While the holding of multi-party elections usually plays a role in the ending of conflict, consolidating and preventing perversion of democracy presents a greater challenge