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Ethnic groups - Political activity. --- Ethnic relations - Political aspects. --- Forced migration. --- Population transfers. --- Population policy. --- Boundary disputes. --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic relations

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Conflict management --- Elections --- Representative government and representation --- Africa --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects --- Elections - Africa. --- Representative government and representation - Africa. --- Conflict management - Africa. --- Africa - Ethnic relations - Political aspects.

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This book investigates the roots of ethnic separatism in the Russian Federation and post-Soviet Georgia. It considers why regional leaders in both countries chose violent or non-violent strategies to achieve their political, economic, and personal goals.

Russia (Federation) --- Georgia (Republic) --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects --- Politics and government --- Geschichte 1991-2008. --- Political aspects. --- Politics and government. --- Russia (Federation) - Ethnic relations - Political aspects --- Georgia (Republic) - Ethnic relations - Political aspects --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government --- Georgia (Republic) - Politics and government

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Ethnic conflict has been the driving force of wars all over the world, yet it remains an enigma. What is it about ethnicity that breaks countries apart and drives people to acts of savage violence against their lifelong neighbors?Stuart Kaufman rejects the notion of permanent "ancient hatreds" as the answer. Dissatisfied as well with a purely rationalist explanation, he finds the roots of ethnic violence in myths and symbols, the stories ethnic groups tell about who they are. Ethnic wars, Kaufman argues, result from the politics of these myths and symbols-appeals to flags and faded glories that aim to stir emotions rather than to address interests. Popular hostility based on these myths impels groups to follow extremist leaders invoking such emotion-laden ethnic symbols. If ethnic domination becomes their goal, ethnic war is the likely result.Kaufman examines contemporary ethnic wars in the Caucasus and southeastern Europe. Drawing on information from a variety of sources, including visits to the regions and dozens of personal interviews, he demonstrates that diplomacy and economic incentives are not enough to prevent or end ethnic wars. The key to real conflict resolution is peacebuilding-the often-overlooked effort by nongovernmental organizations to change hostile attitudes at both the elite and the grassroots levels.

Atrocities --- Atrocités --- Europe, Eastern --- Caucasus --- Europe de l'Est --- Caucase --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects --- Politics and government --- Relations interethniques --- Aspect politique --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political aspects. --- Politics and government. --- Atrocités --- Military atrocities --- Caucasia --- Caucasus Mountains --- Caucasus Region --- Kavkaz --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Cruelty --- War crimes --- Atrocities - Europe, Eastern --- Europe, Eastern - Ethnic relations - Political aspects --- Europe, Eastern - Politics and government - 1989 --- -Caucasus - Ethnic relations - Political aspects --- Caucasus - Politics and government

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"Ethnic conflict is nothing new in the former Soviet Union. But when Chechen terrorists took 500 people hostage in a Moscow theater in October 2002, the long-standing ethnic conflicts of the region entered the global spotlight. The dissolution of the Soviet Union reduced the threat of nuclear war, but ethnic crises within the independent states pose new threats to regional security. The Former Soviet Union's Diverse Peoples examines the complex history and remarkable ethnic divisions of the post-Soviet Union's independent states." "Illuminating key periods of regional history, this unique work concentrates on the interactions of Russians and other national groups, examines ethnic tensions in the former Soviet Union, and summarizes the current situation in Russia and other post-Soviet states, providing context for many of the events that are currently making headlines in the former Soviet Union."--BOOK JACKET

Ethnology --- Nationalism --- Ethnic conflict --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Nationalisme --- Conflits ethniques --- History. --- Histoire --- Former Soviet republics --- Ex-URSS --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects --- Race relations --- Relations interethniques --- Aspect politique --- Relations raciales --- History --- Ethnology - Former Soviet republics --- Nationalism - Former Soviet republics - History --- Ethnic conflict - Former Soviet republics - History --- Former Soviet republics - Ethnic relations - Political aspects - History --- Former Soviet republics - Race relations - History