Regional and Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives from the Front Lines provides an alternative vantage point that contributes new perspectives to the study of ethnopolitical conflict. The interest and insights students gain from this book into how complex ethnopolitical conflicts can be mitigated, resolved and prevented give hope to the future. From a pedagogical perspective, this text is designed to expose students to alternative perspectives. It adds realism and insight to students' understanding of distal ethnopolitical conflicts. Contributors were purposely asked to discuss a range of factors to bring to light the complexity of ethnopolitical conflict. Their chapters are meant to prod students to internalize the importance of analyzing and understanding ethnopolitical conflicts from multiple perspectives.
Judy Carter teaches in the School of Peace and Conflict Management at Royal Roads University. George E. Irani is the director of the Africa and Middle East Program of the Toledo International Center for Peace in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Vamik D. Volkan, M.D . is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine.
1. Ethnopolitical Conflict in Perspective 2. Macedonia 3. Kashmir 4. Cyprus 5. Israel/Palestine 6. Rwanda 7. Sri Lanka 8. Greece and Turkey 9. Northern Ireland 10. Serbia/Croatia 11. Nigeria