The Wars Within: Peoples and States in Conflict - Couverture rigide

Williams Jr., Robin M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801441331 ISBN 13 : 9780801441332

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In The Wars Within, Robin M. Williams Jr. brings together decades of thought about ethnic conflicts in an effort to better understand their dynamics and to lessen their disastrous consequences. Williams presents a worldwide perspective, conscious that many studies of ethnicity focus primarily on the United States. The stakes of struggles can involve both material resources, such as oil, diamonds, and gold, and sociocultural goods, such as group status and cultural distinctiveness. Ethnic conflict, Williams finds, can be portrayed as a set of dynamic processes that may escalate from restrained confrontations over limited issues to devastating ethnic warfare and genocide.Throughout, Williams attends to present-day realities and continually reminds readers that ethnic conflict has human significance and lasting effects. His analysis implies that the military and political behavior of the United States profoundly affects whether faraway places attempt ethnic cooperation or shatter into deadly conflict. The Wars Within ends on a note of mild hope as Williams provides an overview of ways to prevent, moderate, or resolve severe intrastate violence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin M. Williams Jr. is Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science, Emeritus, at Cornell University and longtime Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of California-Irvine. He is a former president of the American Sociological Association and the author of several books, including American Society: A Sociological Interpretation and Strangers Next Door: Ethnic Relations in American Communities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801441331
• ISBN 13: 9780801441332
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
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