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List of Tables, Figures and Maps Preface Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Ethnicity Kills? Social Struggles for Power, Resources and Identities in the Neopatrimonial State E.Braathen, M.Boas & G.Saether The Politics of War: A Meditation V.Y.Mudimbe PART 2: ETHNICITY AND CIVIL WAR The Somali Catastrophe: Explanation and Implications A.I.Samatar Causes of Civil War in Rwanda: The Weight of History and Socio-Cultural Structures A.Lema The Struggle for Kingship: Moses or Messiah - Ethnic War and the Use of Ethnicity in the Process of Democratisation in Congo-Brazzaville A.Sundberg The Political Economy of State Collapse in Somalia and Liberia G.Saether PART 3: TRANSITIONS FROM WAR TO PEACE? Nigeria and West Africa: from a Regional Security Complex to a Regional Security Community? M.Boas Nationalism and Ethnicities: Lessons from Mozambique M.Cahen Conclusion - Transcending the Discourse on the Politics of War E.Braathen, M.Boas & G.Saether Bibliography Index

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