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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784577003321

Autore

Arfi Badredine

Titolo

International change and the stability of multiethnic states [[electronic resource] ] : Yugoslavia, Lebanon, and crises of governance / / Badredine Arfi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-07183-1

9786612071836

0-253-11133-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

321.09

Soggetti

State, The

Ethnic conflict

Cultural pluralism

International organization

Security, International

World politics - 1945-1989

World politics - 1989-

Yugoslavia Politics and government 1945-1980

Yugoslavia Politics and government 1980-1992

Lebanon Politics and government 1946-1975

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis--Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Debating state governance -- A theory of debating state governance -- Yugoslavia and the emerging Cold War, 1947-53 -- Yugoslavia and the waning Cold War, 1987-91 -- Lebanon, the Cold War penetration, and the rise of Nasserism, 1957-58 -- Lebanon and the metamorphosis of Arab-Israeli relations, 1973-75 -- Summary, alternative explanations, and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

""[A]n important contribution to scholarship.... rigorous and                intelligible."" -- Patrick James, University of                MissouriInternational Change and the Stability of Multiethnic                States contributes to the debate over ethnic conflict and cooperation in



multiethnic                states destabilized by the changing environment of the post--Cold War era, proposing                a new way of viewing and dealing with these problems. Through an analysis of                important moments in the history of two prominent multiethnic societies -- the