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DISPUTED TERRITORIES The Transnational Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict Settlement Stefan Wolff

Ethnic conflicts have shaped the 20th century in significant ways. While the legacy of the last century is primarily one of many unresolved conflicts, the author contends that Western Europe has a track record in containing and settling ethnic conflicts which provides valuable lessons for conflict management elsewhere. Focusing on ethnoterritorial crossborder conflicts in Alsace, the Saarland, South Tyrol, and Northern Ireland, Andorra and the New Hebrides, the author develops a four-dimensional analytical framework that synthesizes the distinct factors that influence the complex relationship between host-state, kin-state, actors in the disputed territory, and in the international context.

From the Contents
Part One - A Framework for the Study of Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts and Their Settlements:
Conceptual Clarification: External Minorities and Disputed Territories; Possible Conflict Settlements for Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts; Conclusion of Part One: Which Factors Influence Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts and the Stability of Their Settlements?
Part Two - Case Studies:
Alsace; The Saarland; South Tyrol; Northern Ireland; Condominium Status as a Settlement for Ethno-Territorial Cross-Border Conflicts;
Part Three: Achieving Conflict Settlements and Managing Their Stability:
Conditions Conducive to Conflict Settlement and Settlement Stability; Conclusion

Stefan Wolff was educated at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He received an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the London School of Economics. He is now Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham.

2003, 272 pages, bibliog., index