I - General social policy Social policy: an introduction - Stuart S. Nagel Ethnic nepotism as an explanation for ethnic conflicts - Tatu Vanhanen Differences in the determinants of internal conflict between the cold war and post-cold war periods - Hae S. Kim Religion: for or against democracy? - Mira Marody Recasting foreign policy analysis using a gender analysis: where to begin? - Deborah Stienstra Political rights, electoral systems, and the legislative representation of women in 73 democracies: a preliminary analysis - Wilma Rule II - Africa's social policy Ethnicity, democracy, and conflict management in Africa - Victor Azarya The role of mass communication in egyptian family planning policy - Amany A. Khodair and Steven K. Wisensale III - Asia's social policy Coexistence of secularism and fundamentalism in India - Pelgy Vaz Cast and class relations in bihar - Shyam Nand Singh Identity collapse and ethnic politics: a sri lankan example - William W. Bostock Politics of agenda-building in south Korea: imperial Japan's military sexual slavery case - Bang-Soon Yoon Public participation in China's urban development - Tingwei ZHANG Social development amidst economic reform: family policy in a changing Vietnam - Steven K. Wisensale Nations and minorities: a conceptual comparison between the western and the islamic understanding with a case study - Andrea K. Riemer IX - Europe's social policy Russian nationalism and nation-building in the Russian federation: implications for Russian foreign policy in the near abroad - Susanne M. Birgerson and Roger E. Kanet Forming a new-state and the repression or protection of ethnic minorities: the case of Slovenia - Miran Komac Freedom versus equality? Some throughts about attitudes toward gender equality politics in eastern and central Europe - Vlasta Jalusic Conceptualizing the German state: putting women's politics in its place - Birgit Sauer The limits of tolerance in a liberal society: in search of guidelines - Marlies Galenkamp Back from the edge: rebuilding a public heritage - a case study of Dubrovnik, Croatia - Linda K. Richter and William L. Richter V - latin and north America's social policy Human rights, civil society, and the Guatemalan peace process - Scott Turner Managing diversity in multiethnic federations: the case of Canada - Rjean Pelletier