Call for Papers
The Minorities at Risk Project, housed in the Center for International
Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland,
College Park, invites scholars to submit abstracts for presentation
during panels at the annual convention of the International Studies
Association, to be held March 1-5, 2005, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The
project plans to organize three panels, as described below, to be
submitted for consideration.
Panel 1: "Political Institutions, Civil Society, and Ethnic Politics"
How political and social institutions influence political
strategies of ethnic groups * and the reciprocal question of how ethnic
mobilization influences a state's political and social institutions * is
a prominent question in the study of ethnic politics, ethnic conflict
and conflict management. This panel seeks to bring together scholars *
using both quantitative and qualitative methods * who study such
political and social institutions as electoral systems and civil society
to examine how these influence ethnic politics.
Panel 2: "Transnational Influences on Ethnic Politics"
Many ethnic groups are spread across multiple countries or have
active diasporas. How do ethnic kin outside a homeland influence ethnic
politics within the homeland? How does the transnational character of
some ethnic groups influence their political strategies and that of the
states in which they live? This panel seeks to explore such
transnational influences on the form and character of ethnic politics.
Panel 3: "International Relations Theory and the Study of Ethnic
Politics"
Increasingly, scholars are applying theories originally
formulated in the study of interstate conflict to the study of
intrastate * particularly ethnic * conflict. What are the possible
benefits and costs of such an approach to ethnic conflict? And how do
such theoretical approaches hold up under empirical investigation? This
panel attempts to look at ethnic conflict at the theoretical interstices
of international relations and comparative politics.
All abstracts and questions about the panels should be directed to Amy
Pate, MAR Project Coordinator, at min...@cidcm.umd.edu. Deadline is May
31, 2004.
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