ABSTRACT
As indicated in the Preface, the aim of this study is to develop and test a theory which seeks to integrate the phenomena of ethnicity/ethnic conflict, state-building, and external intervention in the post-Cold War era. The first step in this process is to survey the ways in which these phenomena have been addressed in the scholarly literature in the past. Accordingly, this first part is devoted to a review of three discrete bodies of literature which have developed over the years. Since it is my contention that previously these three phenomena were addressed largely independently of one another, the first three chapters will each take up a different area of study. This will facilitate the process of theory-building in Part II.
