Peace Studies

An Introduction To the Concept, Scope, and Themes
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9661-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 489 g

Reihe: South Asian Peace Studies series

`This book addresses the concept and definition of peace, and the purpose and meaning of peace studies from a regional perspective. the book challenges the narrow approach that limits peace studies to studies of conflict resolution or conflict management. It draws attention to the social and political realities of the colonial and post-colonial world and the need for "peace with justice"' - Journal of Peace Research

The exciting new Series—South Asian Peace Studies—has been conceived to showcase significant writings on peace studies from and about the region. The emphasis will be on essays, which demonstrate the importance of changing direction in various frameworks–from conflict management to peace, from national security to human security, from revenge to reconciliation, and from rights to justice.

This, the inaugural volume in the Series introduces the concept, scope, and main concerns of peace studies. The 19 essays are grouped in three broad sections. The first discusses definitions of peace studies and its main themes. The second section looks at recent cases of conflict in the region while the third considers new paths to conflict resolution based on dialogue and justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samaddar, Ranabir

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Ranabir Samaddar
PART ONE: DEFINING PEACE STUDIES
Sectional Introduction - Samir Kr Das
Problems of Preparing a Peace Studies Reader - Ranabir Samaddar
A Peace Audit on South Asia - Kanti Bajpai
Neo-Liberalism and Democracy in South Asia - Gautam Kr Basu
Legal Regime for Refugee Care - Brian Gorlick
Self-Determination and Politics of Identity - East Europe - Subhas Chakraborty
Deaths, Responsibility, and Justice - Ranabir Samaddar
PART TWO: BORDERS, WAR AND THE PEOPLE
Sectional Introduction - Paula Banerjee
War, Population Movements and the Formation of States - Samir Kr Das
Borders as Unsettled Markers - The Sino-Indian Border - Paula Banerjee
Protecting the Rights of Refugees - Irene Khan
People and Territory: Moving beyond Boundaries - Barun De
Population Movements and Interstate Conflicts - Partha Ghosh
Rehabilitation of Victims in War-torn Societies - Sanjukta Bhattacharya
Women Across Borders in Kashmir - The Continuum of Violence - Asha Hans
Nationalities, Ethnic Processes, and Violence in India's Northeast - Manirul Hussain
PART THREE: CONFLICT SITUATIONS, DIALOGUE AND PEACE
Sectional Introduction - Subhoranjan Dasgupta
Building Peace in Kashmir - Tapan Kr Bose
The Indian Nuclear Debate - Kanti Bajpai
Sub-Regional Dialogue in the East and the Northeast - A New Way to Cooperate - Paula Banerjee et al
A New Way to Cooperate
Literary Sensitivities on War, Exodus, and Partition - Subhoranjan Dasgupta
Between Revenge and Reconciliation - Rajeev Bhargava
Further Readings on Themes in Peace Studies
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Samaddar, Ranabir
Ranabir Samaddar is the Director of the Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, and belongs to the school of critical thinking. He has worked extensively on issues of justice and rights in the context of conflicts in South Asia.

Samaddar’s particular researches have spread over a wide area comprising migration and refugee studies, the theory and practices of dialogue, nationalism and postcolonial statehood in South Asia, and new regimes of technological restructuring and labour control.

His recent political writings The Emergence of the Political Subject (2009) and The Nation Form (2012) have signalled a new turn in critical postcolonial thinking and have challenged some of the prevailing accounts of the birth of nationalism and the nation state.