Background
Gurr, Ted Robert was born on February 21, 1936 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert Lucas and Anne (Cook) Gurr.
(Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Ver...)
Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Versus States offers an expanded and updated perspective on ethnic and nationalist conflict throughout the world, as well as efforts to manage it. Ted Gurr surveys the behavior of 275 politically active ethnic groups during the 1990s and pinpoints the factors that encourage the assertion of ethnic identities. Whereas his highly acclaimed 1993 book presented a disturbing picture of spreading ethnic violence, this volume documents a pronounced decline since the early 1990s―a decline attributable, in part at least, to many states abandoning strategies of assimilation and control in favor of policies of pluralism and accommodation. Nonetheless, Gurr identifies some ninety groups as being at significant risk of conflict and repression in the early 21st century. And he cautions that the emerging global regime of principles and strategies governing relations between communal groups and states is far from perfect or universally effective.
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( This second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politic...)
This second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politics is an introduction to a new era in which civil society, states, and international actors attempt to channel ethnic challenges to world order and security into conventional politics. From Africa's post-colonial rebellions in the 1960s and 1970s to anti-immigrant violence in the 1990s the authors survey the historical, geographic, and cultural diversity of ethnopolitical conflict. Using an analytical model to elucidate four well-chosen case studies—the Kurds, the Miskitos, the Chinese in Malaysia, and the Turks in Germany—the authors give students tools for analyzing emerging conflicts based on the demands of nationalists, indigenous peoples, and immigrant minorities throughout the world. The international community has begun to respond more quickly and constructively to these conflicts than it did to civil wars in divided Yugoslavia and genocide in Rwanda by using the emerging doctrines of proactive peacemaking and peace enforcement that are detailed in this book. Concludes by identifying five principles of international doctrine for managing conflict in ethnically diverse societies. The text is illustrated with maps, tables, and figures.
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Featuring a New Introduction by the Author and Coverage of the 2011 Arab Spring Why Men Rebel was first published in 1970 on the heels of a decade of political violence and protest not only in remote corners of Africa and Southeast Asia, but also at home in the United States. Forty years later, the world is still concerned with conflicts in Africa and Asia, along with the Middle East, and the United States has been overtaken by a focus on international terrorism. Do the arguments of 1970 apply today? Ted Robert Gurr reintroduces us to his landmark work, putting it in context with research it spawned as well as with world events. The fact that Why Men Rebel has been recently translated into Arabic and Russian is telling, and its award-winning presentation compels a re-reading. Why Men Rebel continues to be recognized as a classic because it helped lead the way to a systematic, people-based understanding of the causes of political protest and rebellion. With its close eye on the politics of group identity, grievances, and governmental response, Why Men Rebel lends new insight into contemporary challenges of transnational recruitment and organization, multimedia mobilization, and terrorism.
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(Featuring a New Introduction by the Author and Coverage o...)
Featuring a New Introduction by the Author and Coverage of the 2011 Arab Spring Why Men Rebel was first published in 1970 on the heels of a decade of political violence and protest not only in remote corners of Africa and Southeast Asia, but also at home in the United States. Forty years later, the world is still concerned with conflicts in Africa and Asia, along with the Middle East, and the United States has been overtaken by a focus on international terrorism. Do the arguments of 1970 apply today? Ted Robert Gurr reintroduces us to his landmark work, putting it in context with research it spawned as well as with world events. The fact that Why Men Rebel has been recently translated into Arabic and Russian is telling, and its award-winning presentation compels a re-reading. Why Men Rebel continues to be recognized as a classic because it helped lead the way to a systematic, people-based understanding of the causes of political protest and rebellion. With its close eye on the politics of group identity, grievances, and governmental response, Why Men Rebel lends new insight into contemporary challenges of transnational recruitment and organization, multimedia mobilization, and terrorism.
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Political science educator author
Gurr, Ted Robert was born on February 21, 1936 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert Lucas and Anne (Cook) Gurr.
Bachelor, Reed College, 1957. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Sofia University, 2002.
From assistant editor to associate editor, American Behavioral Scientist, 1961-1964;
assistant to director, New York University Office Research Services, New York City, 1962-1964;
research associate, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1965-1967;
assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1967-1969;
associate director workshop in comparative politics, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1966-1969;
associate professor political science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1969-1972;
professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1972-1974;
Payson S. Wild professor polit science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1974-1984;
department chairman, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1977-1980;
professor political science, director Center for Comparative Politics, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1985-1989;
professor government and politics, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1989;
distinguished university professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1995. Co-director historical and comparative task force National Commission Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1968-1969. Visiting fellow Institute Criminology Cambridge (England) University, 1976.
Distinguished scholar Center International Development and Conflict Management U. Maryland., College Park, since 1987. Fellow United States Institute Peace, Washington, 1988-1989, PIOOM fellow Leiden U., 1993. Olof Palme visiting professor Uppsala U., since 1996.
(Featuring a New Introduction by the Author and Coverage o...)
(Featuring a New Introduction by the Author and Coverage o...)
( This second edition of Ethnic Conflict in World Politic...)
(Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Ver...)
(The turmoil in Yugoslavia, the rebellions of the Kurds an...)
( The Description for this book, Why Men Rebel, will be f...)
( Departing from the Great Revolutions” tradition, Jack ...)
Member American Political Science Association (county 1989-1991, Lifetime Achievement award1991), Peace Science Society, Social Science History Association, International StudiesAssn. (chairman professional rights and responsibilities committee 1985-1988, chairman governmental relations committee 1989-1991, president 1994-1995), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Erika Brigitte Klie, February 20, 1960 (deceased May 1980). Children: Lisa Anne, Andrea Mariel. Married Barbara Harff, January 14, 1981.