Author: Ranabir Samaddar
Editor(s): Ranabir Samaddar
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 440
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0761996613
Description
The exciting new Series-South Asian Peace Studies-has been conceived to showcase significant writings on peace studies from and about the region. The emphasis will be on essays, which demonstrate the importance of changing direction in various frameworks–from conflict management to peace, from national security to human security, from-revenge to reconciliation, and from rights to justice.
This, the inaugural volume in the Series introduces the concept, scope, and main concerns of peace studies. The 19 essays are grouped in three broad sections. The first discusses definitions of peace studies and its main themes. The second section looks at recent cases of conflict in the region while the third considers new paths to conflict resolution based on dialogue and justice.
REVIEWS
Samaddar's passion for promoting the concept of peace and non-violence is above board. He is an accomplished writer when inspired by his vision of cultivating nurseries of peace in South Asia, Peace Studies makes valuable reading. It is highly recommended for those who are eager to explore the dimensions of peace and security in their totality and with a frame of mind that is not militaristic in nature.... This is a collection of writings of eminent scholars drawn from a versatile background who have made their mark as objective analysts and research scholars.... The book comprehensively explores the untold themes of people and territory, ethnic realities, violence, sensitivities of war, reconciliation, the plight of refugees, politics of identity, recourse to justice and neo-liberalism in South Asia, Peace Studies endeavours to present a complete academic reading for students of this discipline which has been introduced in the universities of South Asia.
-Dawn
This book is among the pioneering attempts to promote peace studies in and around a region full of conflicts; and particularly welcome, A useful part of the volume is its comprehensive bibliography on `peace studies, This volume, is a welcome beginning in this direction.
-Peace & Conflict
Contents
SERIES NOTE
PREFACE
I DEFINING PEACE STUDIES: Introduction SAMIR KR DAS
Problems of Preparing a Peace Studies Reader RANABIR SAMADDAR
A Peace Audit on South Asia KANTI BAJPAI
Neo-Liberalism and Democracy in South Asia GAUTAM KR BASU
Legal Regime for Refugee Care BRIAN GORLICK
Self-Determination and Politics of Identity - East Europe SUBHAS RANJAN CHAKRABORTY
Deaths, Responsibility, and Justice RANABIR SAMADDAR
II BORDERS, WARS, AND THE PEOPLE: Introduction PAULA BANERJEE
Wars, Population Movements, and the Formation of States SAMIR KR DAS
Borders as Unsettled Markers - The Sino-Indian Border PAULA BANERJEE
Protecting the Rights of Refugees IRENE KHAN
People and Territory: Moving beyond Boundaries BARUN DE
Population Movements and Interstate Conflicts PARTHA S GHOSH
Rehabilitation of Victims in War-Torn Societies SANJUKTA BHATTACHARYA
Women Across Borders in Kashmir - The Continuum of Violence ASHA HANS
Nationalities, Ethnic Processes, and Violence in India’s Northeast MONIRUL HUSSAIN
III CONFLICT SITUATIONS, DIALOGUE, AND PEACE: Introduction SUBHORANJAN DASGUPTA
Building Peace in Kashmir TAPAN K BOSE
The Indian Nuclear Debate KANTI BAJPAI
Sub-Regional Dialogue in the East and the Northeast - A New Way to Cooperate PAULA BANERJEE, SANJOY HAZARIKA, MONIRUL HUSSAIN, and RANABIR SAMADDAR
Literary Sensitivities on War, Exodus, and Partition SUBHORANJAN DASGUPTA
Between Revenge and Reconciliation RAJEEV BHARGAVA
Further Readings on Themes in Peace Studies
INDEX