03323nam 2200709Ia 450 991082123330332120200520144314.01-136-86161-01-136-86162-91-283-04251-797866130425140-203-83616-210.4324/9780203836163 (CKB)2670000000068863(EBL)614808(OCoLC)701703806(SSID)ssj0000468251(PQKBManifestationID)11309432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468251(PQKBWorkID)10497629(PQKB)11417850(MiAaPQ)EBC614808(Au-PeEL)EBL614808(CaPaEBR)ebr10447775(CaONFJC)MIL304251(OCoLC)701718539(EXLCZ)99267000000006886320100603d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Darfur conflict geography or institutions? /Osman Suliman1st ed.New York Routledge20111 online resource (249 p.)Routledge African studies ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-415-81149-X 0-415-88598-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations and Glossary; Preface; 1 Background and Introduction; 2 Geography; 3 The Impact of the Conflict on Livelihoods; 4 Poor Governance and Institutional Failures: An Overview; 5 Ecology and Environmental Degradation; 6 Failure of Economic Institutions: Development Projects; 7 Economic Institutions: Marketing and Credit Markets; 8 Land Tenure/Use Problem: Conflict between Customary and Statutory Laws; 9 The Breakdown of Local Institutions: Native Administration; 10 Social Institutions and the Sudanese Identity Crisis11 Democratic Institutions and Federalism: Will They Support Power Sharing?12 Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAlthough it is often simplified as an ""ethnic conflict"" in popular media, the current crisis in Darfur can only be superficially defined across ethnic lines. Any long-term solution to the conflict must also address the underlying social and environmental influences such as changing resource dynamics, expanding poverty, lack of infrastructure, and political corruption, which have brought the crisis to a head. This project diverges from previous studies by examining how the dynamic interaction between the environment, local governance, and national policy in Sudan has resulted in the DarfurRoutledge African StudiesHuman geographySudanHuman ecologySudanSudanHistoryDarfur Conflict, 2003-SudanEconomic conditionsSudanPolitics and governmentHuman geographyHuman ecology962.4043Suliman Mohamed Osman1951-1631190MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821233303321The Darfur conflict3969879UNINA