Introduction to Ethnic Conflict

Milton J. Esman is John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and Emeritus Professor of Government, Cornell University.

• Foreword. Chapter 1 Incidence and Scope of Ethnic Conflict.Chapter 2 Ethnic Sentiments and Solidarities.Chapter 3 Origins of Ethnic Pluralism.Chapter 4 For What do they Contend?.Chapter 5 The Contemporary State and Outsider Intervention.Chapter 6 Patterns of Pluralism I – Domination.Chapter 7 Patterns of Pluralism II – Power-Sharing.Chapter 8 Patterns of Pluralism III – Integration.Chapter 9 The Management of Ethnic Conflict.Chapter 10 What of the Future?.Suggested Readings.Glossary.Notes.Index

"This is a highly knowledgeable and briskly moving text written by a scholar who has himself contributed with distinction to the literature over a number of years."Oliver Ramsbotham, University of Bradford "This is a wonderful book. It is the perfect introduction for undergraduates and graduate students with no background knowlege of ethnopolitics." Zoltan Barany, University of Texas