Conflict and Reconstruction in Multiethnic Societies

Conflict and Reconstruction in Multiethnic Societies

Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309089395
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309516877
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309166638
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2003
  • Month: December
  • Pages: 237
  • Language: English
This report is the proceedings of a December 2001 international symposium in Washington, DC organized by the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The symposium addressed (1) characteristics of peaceful management of tensions in multiethnic societies, particularly in Russia; (2) policies that have contributed to violence in such societies; (3) steps toward reconciliation; and (4) post-conflict reconstruction.
  • FrontMatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Priorities for Research on Conflict in Multiethnic Countries--Charles Tilly
  • Reports of Working Groups
    • Priorities for Research on Collective Violence--Charles Tilly, Valery A. Tishkov, Stathis N. Kalyvas, Mark R. Beissinger, Viktor V. Bocharov, Lev D. Gudkov, Larissa L. Khoperskaya
    • Priorities for Research on Culture, Identity, and Conflict--Anatoly M. Khazanov, Aleksey Miller, Leokadia Drobizheva, Matthew Evangelista, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Aleksandr Kamensky, Valikhan Merzikhanov, Eduard D. Ponarin
    • Priorities for Research on the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts--Paul C. Stern, Vitaly Naumkin, Andrew Bennett, Edward W. Walker, Ludmila Gotagova, Emil Pain, Aleksandr Shubin
  • Supporting Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001
    • The State of the Art in Understanding Violence--Valery A. Tishkov
    • Priority Themes for Research on Collective Violence--Mark R. Beissinger and Stathis N. Kalyvas
    • Violence in Ethnonational Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Space--Lev D. Gudkov
    • The Anthropology of Collective Violence--Viktor V. Bocharov
    • State, Ethnocultural Identities, and Intergroup Relations--Anatoly M. Khazanov
    • The Effects of Globalization on Russia: An Analysis of New Russian Nationalism--Eduard D. Ponarin
    • Culture, Identity, and Conflict: Suggested Areas for Further Research--Yoshiko M. Herrera
    • Culture, Identity, and Conflict: The Influence of Gender--Matthew Evangelista
    • A Typology of Identity Conflicts for Comparative Research Andrew Bennett, Paul C. Stern, and Edward W. Walker
    • Comments on the Design and Direction of the Comparative Study of Identity Conflicts Project--Edward W. Walker
  • General Analyses Presented at the Interacademy Workshop on December 7, 2001
    • Multiethnic States and Conflicts After the USSR--Valery A. Tishkov
    • Problems of Maintaining Ethnopolitical Stability and the Prevention of Conflicts in the Volga Federal District--Venaly V. Amelin
    • The Dynamics of the Ethnopolitical Situation and Conflicts in the North Caucasus--Larissa L. Khoperskaya
  • Organizational Aspects
    • Working Group Members and Charges to the Three Working Groups
    • Agenda for Russian Policy Officials
    • Plenary Session Agenda and Participants
  • APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A--Selected Documents from the Interacademy Symposium in Moscow, December 18-20, 2000
    • Appendix A-1--Postconflict Chechnya: Analysis of the Situation and Reconstruction Problems (Political Aspects)--Dzhabrail Gakaev
    • Appendix A-2--Ethnic and National Conflicts in the Age of Globalization--Anatoly M. Khazanov
    • Appendix A-3--Transition and Conflict in Multiethnic Postsocialist Societies: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina--Tone Bringa
    • Appendix A-4--States in Transition and the Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: Russian and International Perspectives
  • Appendix B--Documents Concerning the Southern Federal District (North Caucasus)
    • Appendix B-1--Chechnya from Conflict to Stability: Problems of Postconflict Reconstruction
    • Appendix B-2--Officials and Specialists from the North Caucasus Consulted in Rostov-on-Don October 10-11, 2000
  • Appendix C--Documents Concerning the Volga Federal District
    • Appendix C-1--Program for Strengthening Ethnoreligious Accord in the Volga Federal District
    • Appendix C-2--Officials and Specialists Concerned with the Volga Federal District Consulted in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod October 28-November 3, 2001
  • Appendix D--Other Documents
    • Appendix D-1--The Dynamic of Factors of Ethnopolitical Conflicts in Post-Soviet States--Valery A. Tishkov
    • Appendix D-2--Other Russian Officials and Specialists Consulted During the Project Moscow, Russia April 2000
    • Appendix D-3--Chronology of Events Throughout the Project

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