Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension

by Ray Taras

Taras, Ray and Ganguly, Rajat, Understanding Ethnic Conflict: The International Dimension*\ The completely updated new edition of this groundbreaking book provides readers with a clear analytical framework for understanding ethnic conflicts and how they affect international relations. This book surveys theories of nationalism and ethnic conflict and tests their applicability to a number of contemporary cases. Looks at the sources of nationalist conflict in a country, each case study then ask how the international system reacted. Taken as a whole, the book examines how successful the international system has been in managing the many ethnic conflicts that erupted after the Cold War. For those interested in international relations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2005

About the author

Raymond C. Taras