War in Darfur and the search for peace / Alex de Waal, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Waal, Alex

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building.

History.

Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003---Causes.

Sudan.

Peace-building--Sudan--Darfur.

Sudan--Darfur.

Physical Description:

xxi, 431 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, MA] : Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University ; [London] : Justice Africa, 2007.

Summary:

Since 2003, the Darfur region of Sudan has been the locus of a hideous war that has aroused the outrage of millions of ordinary people across the world. But despite a high level of media coverage and activist mobilization, Darfur's society and politics remain poorly understood. War in Darfur and the Search for Peace brings together essays by noted Sudanese scholars and international experts on Darfur, containing much new historical and contemporary research.

The first part of the volume examines the causes of the war, including chapters on how the Sudanese state functions, how disputes over land rights and local government helped spark conflict, the origins and development of the infamous Janjawiid militia and the rebel movements, and how Darfur's war is entangled in the ongoing political crisis in Chad.

The second part turns to the international efforts to achieve peace in Darfur. Three chapters, written by participants in the African Union's mediation effort, document and analyze the attempt to mediate between Khartoum and the rebels. Contributions also examine how Darfur has been represented in the American press and how it has been the basis for an enormous advocacy campaign.

Contents:

Sudan : the turbulent state / Alex de Waal

Native administration and local governance in Darfur : past and future / Musa Abdul-Jalil, Adam Azzain Mohammed, and Ahmed Yousuf

Darfur : a war for land? / Jérome Tubiana

Islam and Islamism in Darfur / Ahmed Kamal El-Din

The origins and organization of the Janjawiid in Darfur / Ali Haggar

Darfur's armed movements / Julie Flint

The unseen regional implications of the crisis in Darfur / Roland Marchal

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Darfur / Adam Azzain Mohammed

The African Union mediation and the Abuja Peace Talks / Dawit Toga

The making and unmaking of the Darfur Peace Agreement / Laurie Nathan

Darfur's deadline : the final days of the Abuja Peace process / Alex de Waal

Darfur after Abuja : a view from the ground / Abdul-Jabbar Fadul and Victor Tanner

Narrating Darfur : Darfur in the U.S. press, March-September 2004 / Deborah Murphy

"Not on our watch" : the emergence of the American movement for Darfur / Rebecca Hamilton and Chad Hazlett

Prospects for peace in Darfur / Alex de Waal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [414]-422) and index.

ISBN:

0674023676

9780674023673

OCLC:

133166435