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While large statistical studies are able to identify the variables that are at play in the evaluation of the impact of third parties on conflict dynamics, they do less well in exploring how and explaining why they are influential. This chapter illustrates how “focused, structured comparison” can, through in-depth case studies, identify areas of current policy frameworks that require refinement and additional study. A comparison of conflict prevention efforts in Estonia, Ukraine and Moldova, three cases very similar in characteristics but very different in outcome, makes a persuasive case that existing frameworks are essentially one-dimensional and state-centric; they focus almost entirely on the intervening party and the target state. They do not adequately consider or account for the actions of sub-state actors such as minority groups, despite the fact that the minority is clearly a stakeholder. These findings allow for a re-conceptualization of conflict prevention policies and a shift toward a focus on what Kachuyevski terms multidimensional prevention.
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Portions of this chapter are reproduced, with permission from Sage, from Angela Kachuyevski, “Structured, Focused Comparison: An In-Depth Case Study of Ethnic Conflict Prevention” in Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014.
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See especially the work and publications of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict; available from http://www.wilsoncenter.org/subsites/ccpdc/frpub.htm.
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For a detailed analysis of the conflict in Crimea, see Gwendolyn Sasse, The Crimea Question: Identity, Transition, and Conflict, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007).
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For a detailed discussion of the work of the HCNM in Ukraine and Crimea, see Angela Kachuyevski, “The Possibilities and Limitations of Preventive Action: The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Ukraine,” International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice 17, issue 3, December 2012.
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Kachuyevski, A. (2018). Ethnic Conflict Management in Eastern Europe: Structured, Focused Comparison and the Case for Multidimensional Prevention. In: Kachuyevski, A., Samuel, L. (eds) Doing Qualitative Research in Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72230-6_4
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