The Sudan: Contested National Identities (Indiana series in Middle East studies) - Softcover

Lesch, Ann Mosley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852558236 ISBN 13: 9780852558232

Publisher: James Currey, 1999

Synopsis

A political history of the Sudan since the second civil war began in 1983. This text provides a comprehensive analysis of Sudan's unresolved struggle between supporters of the majoritarian vision who seek to create a cohesive Arab-Islamic state and the pluralists who strive for equality before the law. North America: Indiana U Press

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Review

It is crisply and clearly written, with excellent footnotes and bibliography, and should be read not only by those seeking to understand Muslim-Christian conflicts but by all with a concern for refugees, for the victims of human rights' abuses and even more general concerns about the instability of Africa. No specialist knowledge is required. THEOLOGICAL BOOK REVIEW
The emphasis here is on the years since the second civil war began in 1983, and as this is the period for Sudan as a whole on which less has been produced than the earlier war and the Addis Ababa agreement, the book is to be welcomed ... Students of Sudanese studies will be grateful to Ann Lesch for pulling so much material together in this book. - Peter Woodward in JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES
This is a refreshingly straightforward political history of the Sudan which aims primarily to clarify and elucidate what has become of one of the most intractable civil wars in Africa. The study's approach is limpid: the author attempts to explain in detail how the country has suffered from an absence of political consensus... Mosley Lesch confirms what is widely suspected about the Sudan: namely that the Arabic speaking Muslim political elite have found it difficult, if not downright impossible, to give proper expression to the cultural and political demands of the southern peoples. - Patrick Chabal in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

About the Author

Ann Mosely Lesch is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, coauthor (with Mark Tessler) of Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinians, and principal author of Transition to Palestinian Self-Government: Practical Steps toward Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852558236
• ISBN 13: 9780852558232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336