Settlers in Contested Lands

Published by Stanford University Press 2015

Settlers in Contested Lands

Territorial Disputes and Ethnic Conflicts

Edited by: Oded Haklai and Neophytos Loizides

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804796521

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About this book

Settlers feature in many protracted territorial disputes and ethnic conflicts around the world. Explaining the dynamics of the politics of settlers in contested territories in several contemporary cases, this book illuminates how settler-related conflicts emerge, evolve, and are significantly more difficult to resolve than other disputes.

Written by country experts, chapters consider Israel and the West Bank, Arab settlers in Kirkuk, Moroccan settlers in Western Sahara, settlers from Fascist Italy in North Africa, Turkish settlers in Cyprus, Indonesian settlers in East Timor, and Sinhalese settlers in Sri Lanka. Addressing four common topics—right-sizing the state, mobilization and violence, the framing process, and legal principles versus pragmatism—the cases taken together raise interrelated questions about the role of settlers in conflicts in contested territory. Then looking beyond the similar characteristics, these cases also illuminate key differences in levels of settler mobilization and the impact these differences can have on peace processes to help explain different outcomes of settler-related conflicts. Finally, cases investigate the causes of settler mobilization and identify relevant conflict resolution mechanisms.

Author information

Oded Haklai is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada. Neophytos Loizides is a Reader in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent.

Reviews

Donald L. Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus:
"This is an invaluable collection. The volume is a very important contribution to understanding a highly significant but understudied phenomenon in the world of ethnic conflict."

Adrian Guelke:
"Settlers in Contested Lands represents a significant contribution to the literature on ethnic and communal conflicts. The outstanding introduction by the editors should be required reading for anyone examining the resolution of conflicts with a settlement dimension. The multitude of forms these conflicts take is very well illustrated in the volume's case studies."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Settlers and Conflict over Contested Territories Oded Haklai and Neophytos Loizides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Decisive Path of State Indecisiveness: Israeli Settlers in the West Bank in Comparative Perspective Oded Haklai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. Moroccan Settlers in Western Sahara: Colonists or Fifth Column? Jacob Mundy and Stephen Zunes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
4. Settlement, Sovereignty, and Social Engineering: Fascist Settlement Policy between Nation and Empire Roberta Pergher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. The Indonesian Settlement Project in East Timor Ehud Eiran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. Settlers and State-Building: The Kirkuk Case Denise Natali Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
7. Settlers, Immigrants, Colonists: The Three Layers of Settler-Induced Conflict in Sri Lanka Evangelos Liaras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
8. Settlers, Mobilization, and Displacement in Cyprus: Antinomies of Ethnic Conflict and Immigration Politics Neophytos Loizides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
9. Conclusion The Political Dynamics of Settlement Projects: The Central State–Settler-Native Triangle Ian S. Lustick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239