"Former Yugoslavia, USA, Horn of Africa, Former USSR, Northern Ireland, Basque country, India"--Cover.

"This is the final volume to emerge from a five-year research and training programme conducted by the United Nations University on governance and conflict resolution"--P [ii].

"UNUP-908"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Governance and conflict resolution in multi-ethnic societies / Kumar Rupesinghe -- Ethnic conflict in the Horn of Africa: myth and reality / Hizkias Assefa -- Ethnic conflicts in the context of social science theories / Valery A. Tishkov -- Settlement of ethnic conflicts in post-Soviet society / Emil Payin -- Dynamics of the Moldova-Trans-Dniester ethnic conflict (late 1980s to early 1990s) / Airat R. Aklaev -- Ethnic conflict in the Osh region in summer 1990: reasons and lessons / Abilabek Asankanov -- From centre-periphery conflict to the making of new nationality policy in an independent state: Estonia / Klara Hallik -- Conflict management in the former USSR and world experience / Victor A. Kremenyuk -- The dissolution of multi-ethnic states: the case of Yugoslavia / Silvo Devetak -- Ethnic conflict, federalism, and democracy in India / S.D. Muni -- An intractable conflict? Northern Ireland: a need for pragmatism / John Darby -- Political autonomy and conflict resolution: the Basque case / Jos�e Manuel Castells and Gurutz Jauregui -- Ethnic and racial groups in the USA: conflict and cooperation / Mary C. Waters -- Ethnic conflicts and minority protection: roles for the international community / Asbj�rn Eide -- The right to autonomy: Chimera or solution? / Hurst Hannum.

Distribution: General (not for deposit).

"Scholars from Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America explore conflicts and conflict resolution approaches in regions of the former Soviet Union, the Horn of Africa, India, the Basque region of Spain, the former Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, and the United States."--Publisher's description.