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Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist World

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Ben Fowkes

    1. University of North London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Formation of Ethnic Groups

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 16-38

  4. Ethnic Groups into Nations

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 39-70

  5. Ethnicity and Nationhood under Communism

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 71-99

  6. The 1990s in Central and Eastern Europe

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 100-133

  7. Ethnic Conflict and Compromise in the Former Soviet Union

    • Ben Fowkes
    Pages 134-166

  8. Reasons for Conflict and Prospects for the Future

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    Pages 167-186

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 187-228
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About this book

Ethnic and national conflicts have been an unexpected and major source of problems in many parts of the world in recent times. Nowhere more so than in the formerly communist countries. This book provides a readable introduction to, and brief analytical coverage of, all the ethnic disputes of the 1990s. Full justice is done both to complex present-day situations and the deeper roots of ethnic conflict. This is followed by a review and evaluation of the main available explanations. The book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand why the fall of communism did not introduce an era of goodwill between the nations.

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'Overall the book is well researched, balanced in presenting alternative interpretations, and meticulously accurate.' - James W. Warhola, Nationalities Papers

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of North London, UK

    Ben Fowkes

About the author

BEN FOWKES was for twenty-five years Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of North London. He has carried out archival research in Vienna, Munich, Bonn, Prague and Moscow. He is the author of several works on communist and post-communist history and politics, including The Rise and Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, The Disintegration of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe from Stalinism to Stagnation and The Post-Communist Era.

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