ISBN10: 157181695X, ISBN13: 9781571816955, [publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated, Herndon] Softcover Paperback. Nation states and minorities resort more and more to violence when safeguarding their political interests. Although the violence in the Middle East has been dominating world politics for some time now, European governments have had their share of ethnic violence to contend with as this volume demonstrates. And as the case studies show, ranging as they do from the Basque Country to Chechnya, from Northern Ireland to Bosnia-Herzegovina, this applies to western Europe as much as to eastern Europe. However, in contrast to other parts of the world, instances where political struggles for power and social inclusion between minorities and majorities lead to full-fledged inter-ethnic warfare are still the exception; in the majority of cases conflicts are successfully de-escalated and even resolved. In a comprehensive conclusion, the volume offers a theoretical framework for the development of strategies to deal with violent ethnic conflict. Nation states and minorities resort more to violence when safeguarding their political interests. The violence in the Middle East dominates world politics, but European governments have had their share of ethnic violence to contend with. The text offers a framework for the development of strategies to deal with violent ethnic conflict. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending ...