Despite Nationalist Conflicts - Theory and Practice of Maintaining World Peace

Williams explores the effectiveness of various types of responses and strategies available to states when faced with demands for territorial revisions. She examines the situations surrounding the 19th-century unification of Germany, the breakup of Yugoslavia and the strife in Bosnia and Kosovo, and the ongoing struggle over the fate of Kashmir.

The type of demand for territorial revisions, she argues, and the responses determine whether the outcome will be peace or war. While states should deter those states or groups that are imperialist, she points to the utility of pursuing a firm-but-flexible strategy toward those that are consolidationists. This analysis will be of considerable value to scholars, students, and policy makers involved with issues of contemporary nationalism, ethnic politics, and international relations.

List of contents

Preface
International Relations, Nationalism, and Territorial Revisions
Theoretical Framework: Coercing Imperialists and Accommodating Consolidationists
Bismarck and German Unification
Bosnia and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
Kosovo: Albanians versus Serbs
Contest over Kashmir
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

KRISTEN P. WILLIAMS is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. An expert on nationalism and ethnic politics, she has written journal articles on the topic.

Product details

• Authors: Kristen Williams, Kristen P. Williams
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2001
• EAN: 9780275969349
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96934-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Nationalism, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Politics, Law, and Government: International Relations