Diminishing conflicts in Asia and the Pacific : why some subside and others don't / / edited by Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J. Regan

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/9095
• Soggetto topico: Peace-building - Asia; Peace-building - Pacific Area; Conflict management - Asia; Conflict management - Pacific Area
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AspinallEdward JeffreyRobin ReganA. J (Anthony J.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: diminishing conflicts: learning from the Asia-Pacific -- Timor Leste: international intervention, gender and the dangers of negative peace / Susan Harris Rimmer -- Maluku: anomie to reconciliation / John Braithwaite -- Aceh: democratization and the politics of co-option / Edward Aspinall -- Solomon Islands: from uprising to intervention / Matthew Allen and Sinclair Dinnen -- Punjab: federalism, elections, suppression / Robin Jeffrey -- Sri Lanka: the end of war and the continuation of struggle / Bina D'Costa -- Bougainville: conflict deferred? / Anthony Regan -- The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT): diminishing violence or violent peace? / Kabita Chakma and Bina D'Costa -- Eastern Burma: long wars without exhaustion / Desmond Ball and Nicholas Farrelly -- 11. Fiji: the politics of conflict reduction / John Fraenkel -- Southern Thailand: marginalization, injustice and the failure to govern / Tyrell Haberkorn -- Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas: cause or symptom of national insecurity? / Paul D'Arcy -- Southern Philippines: the ongoing saga of Moro separatism / Ron J. May -- Kashmir: placating frustrated people / Christopher Snedden -- The southern highlands of Papua New Guinea: conflict ignored / Nicole Haley -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of what the report described as a global decline in armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, this book analyses the causes and patterns of this decline.In few regions has the apparent decline in conflict been as dramatic as in the Asia-Pacific, with annual recorded battle deaths falling in the range of 50 to 75 percent between 1994 and 2004. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, this book looks at int
• Titolo autorizzato: Diminishing conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
• ISBN: 1-283-64378-2; 0-203-10481-1; 1-136-25114-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461903903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies