Hot Spot: North America and Europe

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Joseph R. Rudolph

Book Code: GR3621

ISBN: 0-313-33621-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33621-8

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448 pages, photos; tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2008

List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Hot Spot Histories

Description: Even in the relatively serene world of North America and Western Europe, numerous conflicts with the propensity for sustained political violence are carried out by domestic groups with alarming regularity. This in-depth volume explores conflicts and potential hot spots in these areas, from anti-globalization protests to immigration politics to the Basque provinces and the ETA. Coverage is divided into three regions--the established democracies of the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe; the democratizing countries of post-communist Europe; and the more volatile region encompassing Russia, the Balkans, the Causasus, and Post-Soviet Eastern Europe--for a greater understanding of geographic interrelationships. With regional chronologies of events, a print and nonprint bibliography, and engaging photos, this comprehensive volume is a first-stop reference source for the most significant political, cultural, and economic conflicts in North America and Europe today.

Table of Contents:

Preface
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: Delineating the Hot Spots in the Worlds of Europe and North America
TIMELINE: Historical Background and Recent Developments Involving in Hot Spots
in the Western Democratic World and Post-Communist Europe
Chapter 1: Globalization and Anti-Globalization Protest
Part I EUROPE
Chapter 2: The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean
Cyprus
International Rivalries
Nationalism
Refugee Issues
Turkey
The Secular Islamic State
Keeping the Republic
International Politics
Religious Extremism
Chapter 3: The Balkans
The Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
State and Peace Building
Constitutional Reform
Disarming the Paramilitaries
The Economy
-Education Reform
-Human Rights
-Police Reform
Refugees and Returnees
Kosovo
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
NATO Intervention
Quest for Conflict Resolution: UNMIK
UNs Supervised Kosovo Plan
Macedonia
Border Tensions
The Ohrid Agreement
Chapter 4: Central Europe
The Romani
Chapter 5: Eastern Europe
Corruption and Criminal Activity
Economic Decline and Austerity
Imperial Remnants
International Territorial Disputes
Lukashenkos Regime in Belarus
Ukraines Democracy
Moldova
Transnistria
Chapter 6: Russia and the Caucasus
Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Politics and Oil
Georgia
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Ajara
Political Turmoil
Russia
Chechnya
Instability in Autonomous Republics
Terrorism
Chapter 7: Western Europe
Anti-Foreigner Violence
Homegrown Terrorism
Muslim Cultures
France
Immigration and Ethno-Cultural Conflict
Nationalism and Separatism in Corsica
Spain
Basque Nationalism and Separatism
Euzakadi ta Aratasuna (ETA) Terrorism
United Kingdom
Great Britain: Racial Unrest and Home Grown Terrorism
Northern Ireland: Partitian or London
Part II NORTH AMERICA
Chapter 8: Canada
Nationalism and Separatism in Quebec
Chapter 9: The United States
Single-Interest Extremists
Immigration
A Bibliographical Note: Thoughts on Conducting Research on the Here and Now
Annotated Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2008010077

LCC Class: D1058

Dewey Class: 355

PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf	Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf


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