Preface

I. Evolutionary Theory and Ethnic Conflict

What Can Evolutionary Theory say about Ethnic Phenomena?

David Goetze

Patrick James

The Roots of Ethnic Conflict: An Evolutionary Perspective

Gary R. Johnson

A Defense and an Extension of Pierre van den Berghe's Theory of Ethnic Nepotism

Frank Salter

Contributions of Evolutionary Thinking to Theories of Ethnic Conflict and Its Management

Marc Howard Ross

II. Skeptical Views

From Ontology to Analogy: Evolutionary Theories and the Explanation of Ethnic Politics

Robert Hislope

Primordialism, Evolutionary Theory, and the Timing of Ethnic Conflict: Opportunities and Constraints for Theory and Policy

Frank Harvey

Evolution, Ethnicity, and Propaganda: Why Negotiating with the Innocent Makes Sense

Kristan J. Wheaton

III. Applications

National Identity in the Balkans: Confessionalism to Nationalism

Peter Mentzel

Regionalism and Evolutionary Theory in the Former Soviet Union: Russian Kaliningrad, 1991-2000

Joel C. Moses

Evolutionary Models, Third-Party Intervention, and Ethnic Conflict: Does Tough Love Really Work?

David Carment

Dane Rowlands

An Evolutionary Approach Toward the Drafting of Autonomy Agreements: Applying Theory to Reality in the Search for Resolution of Ethnic Conflict

Michael Patrick Tkacik

Bibliography

Index

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