pt. 1. Ethnic relations and ethnic affiliations: The dimensions of ethnic conflict ; A family resemblance -- pt. 2. The theory of ethnic conflict:Conflict theory and conflict motives ; Group comparison and the sources of conflict ; Group entitlement and the sources of conflict ; The logic of secessions and irredentas -- pt. 3. Party politics and ethnic conflict: Ethnic parties and ethnic systems ; Competition and change in ethnic party systems ; Multiethnic coalitions ; Multiethnic alliances and parties -- pt. 4. Military politics and thnic conflict: The militarization of ethnic conflict ; Paradigms of military ethnicity ; The effects of intervention and the art of prevention -- pt. 5. Strategies of ethnic reduction: Ethnic policy : the constraints and the opportunities ; Structural techniques to reduce ethnic conflict ; Preferential policies to reduce ethnic conflict -- Afterword: Ethnic conflict and democracy.