Understanding Ethnic Violence: Fear, Hatred, and Resentment in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Type

Book

Authors

Roger D. Petersen

ISBN 10

0521007747

ISBN 13

9780521007740

Tags

Economics, Europe, Criminology, ethnic studies, Minority Studies, Cultural, European, Comparative Politics, Political Science, Anthropology

Description

This book seeks to identify the motivations of individual perpetrators of ethnic violence. The work develops four models gleaned from existing social science literatures: Fear, Hatred, Resentment, and Rage. The empirical chapters apply the models to important events involving ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe, from the 1905 Russian Revolution to the 1990's collapse of Yugoslavia. Each historical chapter generates questions about the timing and target of ethnic violence. The four models are then applied to determine which is most effective in explaining the observed patterns of ethnic conflict. - from Amzon

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