Diminishing conflicts in Asia and the Pacific : why some subside and others don't / edited by Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J. Regan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aspinall, Edward.

Jeffrey, Robin.

Regan, A. J. (Anthony J.)

Series:

Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Asia.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Pacific Area.

Conflict management--Asia.

Conflict management.

Conflict management--Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of what the report described as a global decline in armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, this book analyses the causes and patterns of this decline.In few regions has the apparent decline in conflict been as dramatic as in the Asia-Pacific, with annual recorded battle deaths falling in the range of 50 to 75 percent between 1994 and 2004. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, this book looks at int

Contents:

Introduction: diminishing conflicts: learning from the Asia-Pacific

Timor Leste: international intervention, gender and the dangers of negative peace / Susan Harris Rimmer

Maluku: anomie to reconciliation / John Braithwaite

Aceh: democratization and the politics of co-option / Edward Aspinall

Solomon Islands: from uprising to intervention / Matthew Allen and Sinclair Dinnen

Punjab: federalism, elections, suppression / Robin Jeffrey

Sri Lanka: the end of war and the continuation of struggle / Bina D'Costa

Bougainville: conflict deferred? / Anthony Regan

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT): diminishing violence or violent peace? / Kabita Chakma and Bina D'Costa

Eastern Burma: long wars without exhaustion / Desmond Ball and Nicholas Farrelly

11. Fiji: the politics of conflict reduction / John Fraenkel

Southern Thailand: marginalization, injustice and the failure to govern / Tyrell Haberkorn

Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas: cause or symptom of national insecurity? / Paul D'Arcy

Southern Philippines: the ongoing saga of Moro separatism / Ron J. May

Kashmir: placating frustrated people / Christopher Snedden

The southern highlands of Papua New Guinea: conflict ignored / Nicole Haley

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-25113-8

1-283-64378-2

0-203-10481-1

1-136-25114-6

9780203104811

OCLC:

813846140