This book offers a brief, broad, comparative study of ethnic politics that places ethnic conflict within the context of particular political systems. To develop these themes, they are explored by comparing and contrasting the experiences of France, Czechoslovakia and its subsequent division, and Nigeria.

Introduction: Ethnicity and Politics in the Contemporary World PART I: FRANCE: ETHNOPOLITICS IN THE DEVELOPED WEST The Politics of Ethnicity in a Continental Power Ethnoterritorial Politics in France Ethnoclass Politics in France Ethnopolitics in France in a Comparative Perspective PART II: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: ETHNOPOLITICS IN THE DEMOCRATIZING, POSTCOMMUNIST WORLD The Setting of Politics in Democratizing Postcommunist Europe Ethnoterritorial Politics and the Creation and Dissolution of a State Ethnoclass Politics: The Romany in the Former Czechoslovakia Ethnopolitics in the Former Czechoslovakia in a Comparative Perspective PART III: NIGERIA: ETHNOPOLITICS IN THE THIRD WORLD The Setting of Politics in Africa's Largest Country Tribalism and Ethnoterritorial Conflict in Nigeria Ethnoclass, Ethno-Religious Conflict in Post Civil War Nigeria Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria in a Comparative Perspective Conclusion: Managing Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Contemporary World

JOSEPH RUDOLPH is a Professor of Political Science at Towson University, Maryland, USA.