Taming Ethnic Hatred: Ethnic Cooperation and Transnational Networks in Eastern Europe - Rilegato

McMahon, Patrice C.

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ISBN 10: 0815631375 ISBN 13: 9780815631378

Casa editrice: Syracuse Univ Pr, 2007

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Upon the fall of the Soviet Union, many predicted rising ethnic conflict in the newly independent region of Eastern Europe. One of the principal reasons this conflict did not appear in any sustained form, argues McMahon (political science, U. of Nebraska at Lincoln), was due to the activities of a transnational network of public and private organizations, spearheaded by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, in initiating overlapping and complementary policies for managing ethnic tensions. This network included intergovernmental organizations such as the Council of Europe and the European Union, national governments, and private nongovernmental actors. She provides a historical look at the evolution of this network and how its collective activities created a decentralized form of governance that helped transform ethnic conflict. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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With its unique emphasis on ethnic cooperation rather than discord, this work provides insights into how the international community can help to restrain ethnic conflict in the Twenty First century. By examining the construction of ethnic peace in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, Patrice McMahon accurately describes how the international community worked to quell growing tensions in the East. Key was a network of public and private organizations whose goal it was to work in overlapping ways to manage inter-ethnic relations, which in turn kept ethnically charged clashes far below levels forecast. Inspired by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), this network included Western governments, intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations. Although each actor had its own reason for involvement in this network, she highlights the shared principles and overlapping strategies actors used and how their interaction translated into a modern form of decentralized governance. This book addresses these issues by considering ethnic relations in Romania and Latvia. In so doing it brings to the fore important stories too long ignored by the West and academic research. Writing in a direct, readable fashion the author connects her subject to a larger review of changes in global governance.

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• Editore: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0815631375
• ISBN 13: 9780815631378
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 299