Table of Contents

Preface Evolutionary Theory and Ethnic Conflict What Can Evolutionary Theory Say About Ethnic Phenomena? by David Goetze and Patrick James The Roots of Ethnic Conflict: An Evolutionary Perspective by Gary R. Johnson A Defense and Extension of Pierre van den Berghe's Theory of Ethnic Nepotism by Frank Salter Contributions of Evolutionary Thinking to Theories of Ethnic Conflict and Its Management by Marc Howard Ross Skeptical Views From Ontology to Analogy: Evolutionary Theories and the Explanation of Ethnic Politics by Robert Hislope Primordialism, Evolutionary Theory, and the Timing of Ethnic Conflict: Opportunities and Constraints for Theory and Policy by Frank Harvey Evolution, Ethnicity, and Propaganda: Why Negotiating with the Innocent Makes Sense by Kristan J. Wheaton Applications National Identity in the Balkans: Confessionalism to Nationalism by Peter Mentzel Regionalism and Evolutionary Theory in the Former Soviet Union: Russian Kalinigrad, 1991-2000 by Joel C. Moses Evolutionary Models, Third Party Intervention, and Ethnic Conflict: Does Tough Love Really Work? by David Carment and Dane Rowlands An Evolutionary Approach Toward the Drafting of Autonomy Agreements: Applying Theory to Reality in Search for Resolution of Ethnic Conflict by Michael Patrick Tkacik Bibliography

About the Author

PATRICK JAMES is Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University./e He has written extensively and served as an editor on numerous books dealing with ethnic conflicts. He also has served as editor or on editorial boards for various international studies journals. DAVID GOETZE is Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University and Administrative Director of the Center for the Study of Cooperation and Conflict./e He has a long-standing interest in explaining cooperation and conflict in human societies. In past work, he has addressed issues of inducing cooperation to resolve environmental problems, identifying causes of cooperative behavior in lab settings, and exploring mental mechanisms involved in human collective action situations.