Military, Ethnic Studies, Cultural, Nationalism, Political Ideologies, Anthropology 

Recent history has thrown up vivid examples of the renewed capacity of ethnic differences to lead to deep tensions within states, tensions which frequently find expression in some form of inter-territorial conflict.
Obvious examples are the recent break, up of certain formal communist states and the continuing ethnic crises in some of their successor states (such as Russian and Yugoslavia). The object of this book is to look at the very topical issue of the manner in which states attempt to cope with ethnic conflict by seeking an accommodation between the competing groups through some form of territorial restructuring. The authors all specialists in the field, have extensive experience in analyzing this difficult problem.
The book look at case studies of illustrate the whole range of such conflicts: from south Africa, at one extreme, where ethnic groups are territorially mixed, to the former USSR and Czechoslovakia on the other, where territorial differentiation permitted different groups to their own way. In between are such cases as Pakistan and Sri Lanka, where peripheral ethnic group continue to mount a challenge to the central states; Canada and Belgium, where the central states has responded by conceding considerable regional autonomy; and the special cases of Israel and northern Ireland, where two groups lay exclusive claims to the same territory but where ambitions peace processes have sought to bring about a solution.
For the revised and expanded edition of this highly successful book, three entirely chapters – Northern Ireland, South Africa and Yugoslavia- have been commissioned, while several contributors have provided major revisions, and the editors has added a thoughtful conclusion, bringing the book up to date.
 

The object of this book is to look at the manner in which states attempt to cope with ethnic conflict through territorial approaches. This revised edition has new chapters covering Northern Ireland, South Africa and Yugoslavia. - from Amzon 

1. The challenge by John Coakley…………………………………………………………….……..P 1 2.Canada: the case for ethnolinguistic federalism in a multilingual society by Jean Laponce……………………………………………………………………………………………..……….P 23
3. Northern Ireland: religion, ethnic conflict and territoriality By Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd………………………………………………………………………………………………..P 45
4. Belgium: from regionalism to federalism By Liesbet Hooghe ………………….p 73
5. South Africa: the failure of ethnoterritorial politics By Anthony Egan and Rupert Taylor…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...P 99
6. Israel: ethnic conflict and political exchange By Alex Weingrod …………………p 118
7. Pakistan: ethnic diversity and colonial legacy By Charles H. Kennedy…………p 143
8. Sri Lanka: ethnic strife and the politics of space By A. Jeyeratnam Wilson….p 173
9. The dissolution of the Soviet Union: federation, commonwealth, secession Ronald J. Hill…………………………………………………………………………………………………..p 199
10. The dissolution of Czechoslovakia: a case of failed state building? By Stanislav J. Kirschbaum……………………………………………………………………………………………………p 229
11.The dissolution of Yugoslavia : secession by the centre? By Daniele
Conversip...........................................................................................p 264
12. Towards a solution? By John Coakley……………………….....……………………….P 293