基本説明
Explores conflicts and potential hot spots from anti-globalization protests to immigration politics to the Basque provinces and the ETA.
Full Description
Even in the relatively serene world of North America and Western Europe, numerous conflicts with the propensity for sustained political violence are carried out by domestic groups with alarming regularity. This in-depth volume explores conflicts and potential hot spot areas in these regions, from anti-globalization protests to immigration politics to the Basque provinces and the ETA. Coverage is divided into three regions—the established democracies of the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe; the democratizing countries of post-communist Europe; and the more volatile region encompassing Russia, the Balkans, the Causasus, and Post-Soviet Eastern Europe—for a greater understanding of geographic interrelationships. This comprehensive volume is a first-stop reference source for the most significant political, cultural, and economic conflicts in North America and Europe today.
With regional chronologies of events, a print and nonprint bibliography, and engaging photos, this comprehensive volume is a first-stop reference source for the most significant political, cultural, and economic conflicts in North America and Europe today.
Contents
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
