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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction. World System and Global Disorder? -- PART I. THE COLLECTIVE ACTORS -- 1. The Multiple Realities of Ethnicity -- 2. The Reality of States and Nationalism -- 3. Ethnies: Contenders and Rulers -- PART II. SOURCES OF CONFLICT -- 4. The Stakes: Interests and Claims -- 5. Sources and Precipitants of Rivalry and Violent Conflict -- PART III. THE DYNAMICS OF MOBILIZATION AND CONFLICT -- 6. From Grievances to Mobilization -- 7. From Mobilization to Violent Conflict -- 8. From Identity to Genocide: The Problem of Understanding -- PART IV. WHAT CAN BE DONE -- 9. Avoiding the Gathering Storm: The Array of Preventive Actions -- 10. Terminations, Accommodations, and Resolutions -- 11. Peace at Last? Reflections on Paths toward Reconciliation and Reconstruction -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

Mutual Accomodation was first published in 1977. The author, who was Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science at Cornell University, assesses the current state of ethnic and racial relations in the United States and, contrary to prevailing pessimism on the part of many other social analysts, finds that intergroup conflict has often resulted in significantly successful outcomes. In his study Professor Williams continually asks how social change occurs and what strategies and tactics are best suited to produce desired outcomes. He shows that purposive change in intergroup relations is feasi