Edited by N. Shanmugaratnam
ISBN: 978-1-59907-018-6
Book Format: perfect bound; pp: 320
Co-published with James Currey, UK
About the Book:
Sudan and
Sri Lanka
are two countries that have experienced protracted internal wars. The
consequences of the wars have been devastating for human and livelihood
security and the overall development of these countries. Both have records of
failed attempts to resolve their conflicts by political means. More recently,
both have been going through internationally facilitated peace processes which
have also been linked to post-conflict development.
The studies in this collection compare these two war-torn countries. Each
intra-state conflict has its distinct historical, political, economic and
cultural characteristics. Yet there are parallels and similarities between two
developing countries in which post-colonial state formation has become mired in
prolonged anti-state armed conflict.
This book addresses from different angles and levels the issues of conflict
resolution, peace preparation, people’s perceptions of the impact of conflict
on their lives, war-induced grievances, relief, vulnerability, poverty,
livelihood revival and social mobility, and development. This book draws
attention to the need to internalise grievances generated by protracted war
into processes of conflict resolution and peace building. An underlying message
to policy makers is that the consequences suffered by large sections of the
civilian populations due to war must be addressed in order to build sustainable
peace.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
- Civil war to peace
& development by N. Shanmugaratnam
- Building peace in
the Sudan
- Reflections on
local & regional challenges by Leif Manger
- War, wealth &
poverty in southern Sudan
by Amalie Hilde Tofte & Ruth Haug
- Socio-economic
revival & emerging issues related to land & customary institutions in
Yirol, southern Sudan
by Frodes Sundnes & N. Shanmugaratnam
- Far from the
battlefield
- Livelihood
revival, settlement & modernisation among the Hawawir, northern Sudan by
Kjersti Larsen
- Development as a
precursor to conflict resolution
- A critical review
of the fifth peace process in Sri
Lanka by N. Shanmugaratnam & K. Stokke
- The dynamics of
livelihood in a war zone
- Mapping
socio-economic change in eastern Sri Lanka by N. Shanmugaratnam
- Impacts of
intra-state warfare & international resource conflicts on livelihoods of
fishing communities in northern Sri Lana by K. Stokke, A.S. Soosai & N.
Shanmugaratnam
- Living with war,
preparing for peace
- Between war &
peace in Sri Lanka & Sudan by Ruth
Haug.
About the Author:
N. Shanmugaratnam is Professor of Development
Studies, Head of Research, Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric
Norwegian University
of Life Sciences. |