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Dov Ronen proposes in this interpretive essay that ethnic nationalism is simply the newest form of a basic human drive for self-determination that has been manifested in four other movements since the French Revolution: nineteenth-century nationalism, Marxist-Leninist class self-determination, self-determination for minorities as espoused by Wilson, and decolonization. Ronen's intention in this book is to explain what self-determination is, why people fight for it, and what the implications of the struggle may be. Though Ronen's approach is primarily analytical and philosophical, he uses four cases (the Scots, Biafra, the Palestinians, and South Africa) to illustrate the application of his thesis to current events.
Designed especially for preservice teachers, this book links substantive, current scholarship on major topics in the management of international conflict with exemplary instructional methods in social studies education. Through vignettes and case studies of actual classroom practice, the reader learns from experienced teachers how they integrate different instructional methods to achieve content goals. The book contains an appendix on resources that provides additional information on organizations, instructional materials, computer networks, and other scholarly work that can help teachers improve their instruction on international conflict management. Teaching About International Conflict and Peace can make a significant difference in preparing social studies teachers to help their students acquire knowledge and understanding of how the peoples of the world have dealt with international conflict in the past and how increasing global interconnections provide new alternatives for the management of international conflict in the present and future.
This study examines the basis of pluralism within Islam, ASEAN's largest single socio-cultural milieu. It also assesses the professed and actual extent to which pluralism has been engaged in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia. An overview of pluralist trends and prospects within ASEAN against prevailing transitions in East Asia is also presented.
The Republic of Benin struggles to find its way into socio-political modernity. The Christian churches have played various roles in this struggle. This book is an account of both the historical difficulties of state formation and the role the Churches have played in this process.
The author of this study takes Bosnian affairs seriously, taking the decade immediately prior to the war into account, and in so doing makes it much easier to grasp why the war occurred.
This book is a comprehensive up-to-date treatise that includesinformation on virus-, viroid- and phytoplasma-induced potatodiseases. The chapters of this book were written by internationallywell-known experts and include novel techniques of detection, virusisolation, transmission and epidemiology of the pathogens, as well astheir control by rapid propagation of the virus-tested clones, breeding for resistance by conventional and biotechnological methodsand implementation of certification schemes.Also included are chapters on the botanical characteristics andeconomic importance of the potato, main cultivars, historicalperspectives and emerging viruses in relation to control proceduresand regulations.This book will be of major value to all those interested in potatoes -researchers and students, general practitioners, seed potato growers, tissue culture laboratories, inspection services and regulatoryauthorities; and should attract audiences from all potato growingareas: US, Europe, South America, Russia, India and China.
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The wave of ethnic conflict that has recently swept across parts of Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Africa has led many political observers to fear that these conflicts are contagious. Initial outbreaks in such places as Bosnia, Chechnya, and Rwanda, if not contained, appear capable of setting off epidemics of catastrophic proportions. In this volume, David Lake and Donald Rothchild have organized an ambitious, sophisticated exploration of both the origins and spread of ethnic conflict, one that will be useful to policymakers and theorists alike. The editors and contributors argue that ethnic conflict is not caused directly by intergroup differences or centuries-old feuds and th...
A truly unique compilation, World Perspectives in the Sociology of the Military explores both age-old and conÂtemporary issues pertaining to the sociology of military institutions and civil-military relations. At the same time it deals with major conceptual, research-empirical, and methodological issues in the field of sociology devoted to military aspects. A concise overview with a socioÂlogical-political science framework and a perspective utilizing international factors is provided, along with analyses of the major issues of the internal dynamics of military organizations as these issues are reflected in evolving military organizations around the world. The interrelationship between...