A definitive global survey of the interaction of race, ethnicity, nationalism and politics, this handbook blends rigorous theoretically grounded analysis with empirical illustrations to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the contemporary debates on one of the most pervasive international security challenges today. Fully updated for the second edition, the book includes a new section which focuses solely on detailed analysis of contemporary cases of ethnic conflict (Ukraine, Kosovo, the Kurds, Great Lakes) providing accessible examples that bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Introduction: The Study of Ethnic Conflict: An Introduction Karl Cordell & Stefan Wolff Part One Origins of Nations': Contested Beginnings, Contested Futures Jennifer-Jackson Preece Modernity, nationalism and ideology Daniele Conversi The Nation-State: Civic and Ethnic Dimensions Colin Clark Stateless Nations in a World of Nation States Stéphanie Chouniard Ethnicity and Religion Joseph Ruane & Jennifer Todd Race and Ethnicity Chris Gilligan Part Two Ethnicity as a Generator of Conflict Stuart Kaufman Democracy and Democratisation Jenny Engström The Causes and Consequences of Ethnic Cleansing Erin Jenne Genocide Jim Hughes Debating Partition: Evaluating the Standard Justifications Brendan O'Leary Irredentas and Secessions: Adjacent Phenomena, Neglected Connections Donald Horowitz Conflict Prevention: A Policy in Search of a Theory or a Theory in Search of a Policy? David Carment & Martin Fischer Managing and Settling Ethnic Conflict Asaf Siniver Multilateral Frameworks for Conflict Resolution Eva Sobotka Post-conflict Reconstruction in Ethnically Divided Societies Monika Heupel Part Three Deepening Democracy: The Role of Civil Society Ian O'Flynn & David Russell Human Rights and Ethnopolitics Joseph Marko Territorial Approaches to Ethnic Conflict Settlement John McGarry & Brendan O'Leary Ethnic Accommodation in Unitary States Frans Schrijver National Cultural Autonomy David Smith Centripetalism Benjamin Reilly Power Sharing Stefan Wolff & Karl Cordell Playing the Ethnic Card: Liberal Democratic and Authoritarian Practices Compared Sandra Barkhof Part Four The Kurds: a nation divided; a nation without a state Bill Park No more Conflicts: Accounting for Détente in the Great Lakes Region David E Kiwuwa In The Crosshairs of Great Powers: Linkage, Leverage and Conflict In Ukraine Tatyana Marlyenko Kosovo's first unsuccessful secession: Revealing the reasons behind its failure Argyro Kartsonaki

Karl Cordell is Professor of Politics at Plymouth University. He co-edits the journals Ethnopolitics and Civil Wars and has an extensive publication record in the fields of ethnopolitics, German politics and the politics of ethnicity in Central Europe.

Stefan Wolff is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham. Frequently advising governments and international organisations, he specialises in the management of international security challenges, especially in relation to conflict settlement and post-conflict state building. Among his publications are more than 20 books and special issues of journals, as well as over eighty journal articles and book chapters. He is co-editor of Ethnopolitics.