Taming Ethnic Hatred: Ethnic Cooperation and Transnational Networks in Eastern Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815631378)

With its unique emphasis on ethnic cooperation rather than discord, this work provides insights into how the international community can help to restrain ethnic conflict in the Twenty First century. By examining the construction of ethnic peace in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, Patrice McMahon accurately describes how the international community worked to quell growing tensions in the East. Key was a network of public and private organizations whose goal it was to work in overlapping ways to manage inter-ethnic relations, which in turn kept ethnically charged clashes far below levels forecast. Inspired by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), this network included Western governments, intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations. Although each actor had its own reason for involvement in this network, she highlights the shared principles and overlapping strategies actors used and how their interaction translated into a modern form of decentralized governance.

This book addresses these issues by considering ethnic relations in Romania and Latvia. In so doing it brings to the fore important stories too long ignored by the West and academic research. Writing in a direct, readable fashion the author connects her subject to a larger review of changes in global governance.

Author: Patrice C. McMahon
ISBN-10: 0815631375
ISBN-13: 9780815631378
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2007
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 10.28h x 7.32w x 1.02d