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Sommario
Preface
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: Delineating the Hot Spots in the Worlds of Europe and North America
TIMELINE: Historical Background and Recent Developments Involving in Hot Spots
in the Western Democratic World and Post-Communist Europe
Chapter 1: Globalization and Anti-Globalization Protest
Part I EUROPE
Chapter 2: The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean
Cyprus
International Rivalries
Nationalism
Refugee Issues
Turkey
The Secular Islamic State
Keeping the Republic
International Politics
Religious Extremism
Chapter 3: The Balkans
The Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
State and Peace Building
Constitutional Reform
Disarming the Paramilitaries
The Economy
-Education Reform
-Human Rights
-Police Reform
Refugees and Returnees
Kosovo
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
NATO Intervention
Quest for Conflict Resolution: UNMIK
UNs Supervised Kosovo Plan
Macedonia
Border Tensions
The Ohrid Agreement
Chapter 4: Central Europe
The Romani
Chapter 5: Eastern Europe
Corruption and Criminal Activity
Economic Decline and Austerity
Imperial Remnants
International Territorial Disputes
Lukashenkos Regime in Belarus
Ukraines Democracy
Moldova
Transnistria
Chapter 6: Russia and the Caucasus
Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Politics and Oil
Georgia
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Ajara
Political Turmoil
Russia
Chechnya
Instability in Autonomous Republics
Terrorism
Chapter 7: Western Europe
Anti-Foreigner Violence
Homegrown Terrorism
Muslim Cultures
France
Immigration and Ethno-Cultural Conflict
Nationalism and Separatism in Corsica
Spain
Basque Nationalism and Separatism
Euzakadi ta Aratasuna (ETA) Terrorism
United Kingdom
Great Britain: Racial Unrest and Home Grown Terrorism
Northern Ireland: Partitian or London
Part II NORTH AMERICA
Chapter 8: Canada
Nationalism and Separatism in Quebec
Chapter 9: The United States
Single-Interest Extremists
Immigration
A Bibliographical Note: Thoughts on Conducting Research on the Here and Now
Annotated Bibliography
Index
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Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. is Professor of Political Science at Towson University. He has published numerous books and articles on ethnic violence and politics, including Greenwood's
Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts (2003). He has also worked as an election supervisor in the Balkans regions since 1997, and has worked as a risk consultant for international oil and pipeline companies.
