This title was first published in 2000: The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements?

List of Editors and Contributors, Abbreviations, Preface, I. INTRODUCTION, 1. Ethnic Conflicts and Cooperation Among and Within States, II. THEORETICAL APPROACHES, 2. Conflicts Between Different Nationalities: Chances for and Limits to Their Settlement, 3. Reducing Ethnic Conflicts: Contemporary Approaches to Conflict Resolution in Western Europe, III. CASE STUDIES: DOMESTIC EXPERIENCES OF ETHNIC CONFLICTS, 4. Temptations of Transition and Identity Crisis in Post-Communist Countries: The Example of Former Yugoslavia, 5 Autonomy as One of the Means of Minorities' Protection: The Case of Slovenia, 6. Ethnic Conflicts in Croatia?, 7. Ethnic Politics in Ukraine, 8. The Relationship Between the Majority and the Minority in a Composed Region: The Case of Vojvodina, 9. The Media: Social Constructions in Inter-Ethnic Communication in Romania, IV. CASE STUDIES: DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCES OF SUCCESSFUL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, 10. Ethnic Coexistence and Cooperation in Switzerland, 11. Conflict and Integration: The Main Principles of Social Cohesion in the United States, V. SYNOPSIS, 12. Ethnic Cooperation and Coexistence: International Mediation, International Governance, and Civil Society for Ethnically Plural States