Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rupesinghe, Kumar.
2. Mumtaz, Khawar.
3. International Peace Research Institute.

Description

1. xvii, 194 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. War and violence have marked the half-century long enterprise of the governments of South Asia to form functioning parliamentary democracies. This book explores the causes and dynamics of these conflicts in order to identify the possibilities for transforming and resolving them into peaceful solutions.
2. The conflicts studied include both internal ones, such as in Sri Lanka, and others with regional or transnational significance, particularly those involving the rivalry between India and Pakistan. Despite the diversity, some common characteristics can be found in the current conflicts examined here.
3. Many bring into question the impact of creating or sustaining nation-states as the most effective framework for development when these include pluralistic and culturally differentiated societies within their borders. The book examines the positive and negative roles of governments, of the democratic process, of the army, police and the media as potential defenders of civil society. It also looks at the induction and mobilization of women in various movements related to the conflicts.

Subject

1. Conflict management > South Asia
2. International relations
3. Political violence > South Asia
4. South Asia > Politics and government
5. South Asia > Ethnic relations
6. Conflict
7. South Asia

Contents

1. 1. Ethnic Conflict: Rethinking the Fundamentals / Kumar David -- 2. India: From Civilization to Nations / Dev Nathan -- 3. The Dynamics of Power: Military, Bureaucracy and the People / Akmal Hussain -- 4. Pakistan: the Politics of 'Fundamentalism' / Abbas Rashid -- 5. The Politics of Violence in the Indian State and Society / Sumanta Banerjee -- 6. Militarism and the Militarization of Pakistan's Civil Society: 1977-1990 / Shireen M. Mazari -- 7. Democratization in Bangladesh: the Mass Uprising of 1990 and Its Aftermath / Meghna Guhathakurta -- 8. Militarization, Violent State, Violent Society: Sri Lanka / Jayadeva Uyangoda -- 9. Hindu Women: Politicization Through Communalism / Tanika Sarkar -- 10. The Gender Dimension in Sindh's Ethnic Conflict / Khawar Mumtaz -- 11. Strategies for Conflict Resolution: the Case of South Asia / Kumar Rupesinghe.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. "PRIO - International Peace Research Institute, Oslo".

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.