Development strategies, identities, and conflict in Asia
By: edited by William Ascher and Natalia Mirovitskaya
Contributors: Mirovit︠s︡kai︠a︡, N. S. (Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna), editor of compilation
Series: Politics, economics, and inclusive development
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781137331755
Subjects: Economic policy; Violence; Economic development; Ethnic conflict; Social conflict
Description: "Explores the links between Asian governments' development strategies and the nature and dynamics of inter-group violence. The overview chapters comprehensively assess the development doctrines, patterns of development, and levels and nature of violence in all Asian subregions, while case-study contributions focusing on eight countries explore the often surprising impacts of development initiatives on reducing or increasing inter-group conflict and violence ranging from West Asia to Southeast Asia. The variations in strategies and their impacts on multiple risks of violence can guide policymakers, development professionals, and activists committed to conflict-sensitive development"--
Notes: "Prepared under the auspices of the Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: War, peace and many shades in between: Asia in the new millennium / William Ascher and Natalia S. Mirovitskaya; title: The nexus of economic strategies and intergroup violence / William Ascher and Natalia S. Mirovitskaya; title: Tribal participation in India's Maoist insurgency: examining the role of economic development policies / Sumit Ganguly and Jennifer Oetken; title: Intra-state conflicts and development strategies: the Baloch insurgency in Pakistan / G. Shabbir Cheema; title: Development strategies, religious relations, and communal violence in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: a cautionary tale / Lorraine V. Aragon; title: Exploring the relationship between development and conflict: the Malaysian experience / Ananthi Al Ramiah and Thillainathan Ramasamy; title: Official development assistance (ODA) and conflict: a case study on Japanese ODA to Vietnam / Edward M. Feasel; title: Socioeconomic change, intra-ethnic competition and political salience of ethnic identities: the cases of Turkey and Uzbekistan / Ebru Erdem-Akcay; title: Local vs. transcendent insurgencies: why economic aid helps lower violence in Dagestan, but not in Kabardino-Balkaria / Mikhail Alexseev; title: The conflict-development nexus in Asia: policy approaches / William Ascher and Natalia S. Mirovitskaya.