Violent Conflict and Peacebuilding

The Continuing Crisis in Darfur
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-68978-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brosche, Johan (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Brosché, Johan

Rothbart, Daniel (George Mason University, USA)

Rothbart, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Peter Wallensteen Part 1 Violent Conflict in Darfur 1. Violence in Darfur 2. Complementary Conflicts 3. Communal Conflicts 4. Local Elites Conflicts 5. Center-Periphery Conflicts 6. Cross-Border Conflicts 7. Southern Sudan: The Continuing Crisis Part 2: Peacebuilding in Darfur 8. International Response 9. Negotiating the Conflicts in Darfur. Conclusion. Simulation Exercise: Problem Solving Workshop on Darfur

Über Autor(innen)

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.