Peace processes and peace accords
By: edited by Samir Kumar Das.
Contributors: Das, Samir Kumar, 1961-
Series: South Asian peace studies ;; v. 2
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Social conflict -- South Asia.; Conflict management -- South Asia.; Peace-building -- South Asia.; Pacific settlement of international disputes.; Peace treaties.; Reconciliation.
Description: "The first volume in the South Asian Peace Studies (SAPS) series had advanced a general understanding of the nature of peace as a political problematic. This volume, the second, continues with the inquiry, looking at the political question of peace from three perspectives: the process of peace; the contentious issues involved in the peace process; and the ideologies that come in conflict in this process."

"While positing peace as a universal value, this book locates it in the specifics of both the internal and international contexts of South Asia, and provides a useful morphology of violence and conflicts. It also raises the question: How gender equitable is the peace we seek to achieve? Critiquing the dominant principles and protocols of peace accords and peace processes of the region, this volume also reinforces the importance of dialogue in the democratic theory of peace. It will attract the attention of students and scholars of political science, international relations, conflict resolution and defence studies, anthropology, and political philosophy. It will also be of interest to human rights lawyers, activists, and NGOs."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Shibashis Chatterjee; title: The politics of understanding / Ranabir Samaddar; title: Territory as the kernel of the nation : space, time, and nationalism in Israel/Palestine / Oren Yiftachel; title: Anthropology of reconciliation : a case for legal pluralism / Pradip Kumar Bose; title: Introduction / Paula Banerjee; title: Nobody's communiqué : ethnic accords in northeast India / Samir Kumar Das; title: Kashmir at the crossroads : problems and possibilities / Sumantra Bose; title: Armed conflict in Andhra Pradesh and the search of democratic space / Committee of Concerned Citizens; title: The peace process in Sri Lanka : from confrontation to accommodation / Jehan Perera; title: Introduction / Parimal Ghosh; title: The accord that never was : Shillong Accord, 1975 / Subir Bhaumik; title: Gendered nation, gendered peace : a study of Bangladesh / Amena Mohsin; title: Improving India-Pakistan relations / Mubashir Hasan; title: The Mahakali impasse and Indo-Nepal water conflict / Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit.