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Breaking Sudan : the search for peace / Jok Madut Jok.
Van Pelt Library DT159.929 .J65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jok, Jok Madut, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- South Sudan--History--21st century.
- South Sudan.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 370 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Oneworld Publications, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 The Two Sudans and the Defeat of the CPA Reform Project 65
- South Sudan and the burden of independence 72
- Post-separation relations 86
- The cooperation agreements 99
- The cooperation agreements and continued military raids 107
- 2 Independent South Sudan and the Burden of Liberation History 113
- The burden of the liberation wars 117
- Political violence and the development of a sub-culture of guns 121
- The CPA and the unrelenting violence 124
- The CPA and the exclusionary peace 128
- South Sudan and the legacy of liberation ideologies 134
- 3 Sudan's Wars: The Experience of One Village 149
- 4 Political Rivalries, the New Wars and the Crumbling Social Order 181
- The 2013 outbreak of conflict: what caused this crisis? 193
- How political disagreement turned violent 196
- Power politics or tribal wars? 203
- 5 Reporting Sudan's Wars: The Media and the Blurred Line Between Informing and Inciting 219
- War and sexual violence 233
- Displacement and social life 244
- 6 Mixed Economies, Corruption and Social Disparity 247
- The decentralized system of government and its shortfalls 251
- Mixed economies, social disparities, conflict and the role of corruption 255
- Governance and the role of policy research 272
- 7 Ethnic Relations, the New War and the (Dis) Unity of South Sudan 285
- Obstacles to collective belonging 291
- Public goods and services as the success of the state 303
- History as the foundation of nationhood 305
- The new civil war and prospects for a united South Sudan 310
- Cultural exclusion could keep South Sudan in perpetual conflict 316
- 8 Conclusion: The Fates of the Two Sudans 321
- Landing on hard ground 325
- Ambivalent new neighbors 329
- A history of violent interactions or a future of links? 335
- Invisible connections and the promise of peaceful co-existence 339.
- ISBN:
- 9781786070036
- 1786070030
- OCLC:
- 939427218
- Publisher Number:
- 99972103748
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