{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-ethnic-politics-separatism-of-states-and-nations-in-eurasia-and-the-world-9780521719209","title":"The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Henry E. Hale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite implicating ethnicity in everything from civil war to economic failure, researchers seldom consult psychological research when addressing the most basic question: What is ethnicity? The result is a radical scholarly divide generating contradictory recommendations for solving ethnic conflict. Research into how the human brain actually works demands a revision of existing schools of thought. At its foundation, ethnic identity is a cognitive uncertainty-reduction device with special capacity to exacerbate, but not cause, collective action problems. This produces a new general theory of ethnic conflict that can improve both understanding and practice. A deep study of separatism in the USSR and CIS demonstrates the theory's potential, mobilizing evidence from elite interviews, three local languages, and mass surveys. The outcome is a significant reinterpretation of nationalism's role in the USSR's breakup, which turns out to have been a far more contingent event than commonly recognized. International relations in the CIS are similarly cast in new light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611152531607,"sku":"9780521719209","price":3480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521719209.webp?v=1775069458","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-foundations-of-ethnic-politics-separatism-of-states-and-nations-in-eurasia-and-the-world-9780521719209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}