Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding: The Continuing Crisis in Darfur (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Hardcover

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Brosché, Johan; Rothbart, Daniel

 
9780415689786: Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding: The Continuing Crisis in Darfur (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415689783 ISBN 13: 9780415689786
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This book examines the continuing devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan, from the perspective of a multiplicity of conflicts of distinct types.

The crisis reached its peak in 2003–2004, when certain Arab militias joined forces with the Sudan armed forces in a campaign against insurgent resistance movements. Engulfed in the tumult, Darfurians experienced systematic slaughter, sexual violence, and internal displacement on a massive scale. Although the violence has waned in recent years, the fighting continues to this day. The authors cast this crisis as a complex web of four distinct, yet interlacing, conflict types:

  • long-standing disputes between farmers and herders and between different herder communities
  • political struggles between the local elite leaders of the resistance movements, and those between traditional leaders (elders) and younger aspiring leaders
  • long-standing grievances of marginalized groups against those at the national centre of power
  • cross-border conflicts, primarily the proxy war waged between Chad and Sudan

The crisis in South Sudan is also examined through the lens of conflict complementarity. This book will be of interest to students of African politics, genocide, political violence, ethnic conflict, war and conflict studies, peacebuilding and IR.

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About the Author

Johan Brosché is a PhD candidate at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, as well as Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at George Mason University, VA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415689783
ISBN 13 
9780415689786
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192

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