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Conflict in Moro land : prospects for peace? / editors Arndt Graf, Peter Kreuzer, Rainer Werning ; cover designer Intan Suhaila Kassim.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Academic imprint series / Penerbit USM Conflict in Moro land
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Political activity--Philippines--Mindanao Island.
- Muslims.
- Mindanao Island (Philippines)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Mindanao Island (Philippines).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Pulau Pinang, Malaysia : Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The civil war in the Islamic Southern Philippines is one of the longest-lasting conflicts in Southeast Asia.This book dates back to a workshop on that conflict at the Department of Political Science of the University of Gottingen, Germany. The particular interest in the Moro conflict in Gottingen is due to the fact that a family from that city was among those tourists who were kidnapped in Sipadan (Malaysia) by the Abu Sayyaf group in spring 2000 and held hostage on the island of Jolo (Sulu) for almost half a year. Although the geographical and cultural backgrounds of most of the contributors
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Southern Philippines: Bitter Legacies of a Long-Lasting War; Chapter 2 Ethnic Identity and National Self-Determination: Notes on the Moro People's Revolution; Chapter 3 Bridging the Gap between the Civil War and the Microdynamics of Collective Violence in Muslim Mindanao; Chapter 4 Representatives from Muslim Mindanao in the Congress of the Philippines: Intermediaries for the People or Self-Interested Local Bosses?
- Chapter 5 The Moro Conflict in the Indonesian Muslim Press: A Case Study of Republika OnlineChapter 6 Framing ""Terrorism in the Southern Philippines"": Foreign Media and the Abu Sayyaf; Chapter 7 Political Strategies of the MILF between ""Jihadism"" and Negotiation Table; Chapter 8 Problems of Territorial Conflict Regulation in the Philippines: The Future of the ARMM; Bibliography; Notes on the Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 7, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 983-861-711-3
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