Land, Governance, Conflict and the Nuba of Sudan by Guma Kunda Komey (English) H

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Land, Governance, Conflict and the Nuba of Sudan by Guma Kunda Komey The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan illustrates how state policies concerning the control of land can cause local conflicts to escalate into large scale wars, which become increasingly difficult to manage or resolve. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan illustrates how state policies concerning the control of land can cause local conflicts to escalate into large scale wars, which become increasingly difficult to manage or resolve.The conventional perspective on Sudans recent civil war (1983-2005) - one of the longest and most complex conflicts in Africa - emphasises ethnicity as the main cause. This study, on the contrary, identifies the land factor as aroot cause that is central to understanding Sudans local conflicts and large-scale wars.Land rights are about relationships between and among persons, pertaining to different economic and ritual activities. Rights toland are intimately tied to membership in specific communities, from the family to the nation-state. Control over land in Africa has been, and still is, used as a means of defining identity and belonging, an instrument to control, and a source of, political power. Membership of these communities is contested, negotiable, and changeable over time. For national governments land is a national economic resource for public and private development, but the interests and rights of rural majorities and their sedentary or nomadic subsistence forms of life are often difficult to harmonise with land policies pursued by national governments. The states exclusionary land policies and politicsof limiting or denying communities their land rights play a crucial role in causing local conflicts that then can escalate into large-scale wars. Land issues increase the complexity of a conflict, thereby reducing the possibilityof managing, resolving, or ultimately transforming it. The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan, the regional focus in this study, is living proof of this transformation.Guma Kunda Komey is Assistant Professor of Human Geography, Juba University, Sudan. Table of Contents Introduction: National Context, Key Questions & Arguments PART I BACKGROUNDThe Nuba Mountains Region as Social World: A SynthesisState Land Policies, Politics & Rights in Sudan PART II THE WAR, CAUSES & IMPACTThe War: Root Causes & Ramifications in the RegionBaqqara-Nuba Relations in a War Situation PART III PEACE & POST- CONFLICT DYNAMICSThe CPA & the Nuba Questions of Land, Identity & Political DestinyTerritory, Ethnic Identity & Boundary MakingContested Communal Lands, Identity Politics & ConflictsConclusion Review The book represents a strong effort to place land, property, and territory at the centre of analysis of Sudans social and political conflicts. * JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE *Can claim to be the most comprehensive modern account available of the region. [...] It stands as an authoritative testimony to the political history, basic human integrity, and current predicaments of the Nuba people. * SUDAN STUDIES * Review Text The book represents a strong effort to place land, property, and territory at the centre of analysis of Sudans social and political conflicts. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Can claim to be the most comprehensive modern account available of the region. [...] It stands as an authoritative testimony to the political history, basic human integrity, and current predicaments of the Nuba people. SUDAN STUDIES Review Quote The book represents a strong effort to place land, property, and territory at the centre of analysis of Sudans social and political conflicts. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Can claim to be the most comprehensive modern account available of the region. [...] It stands as an authoritative testimony to the political history, basic human integrity, and current predicaments of the Nuba people. SUDAN STUDIES Details ISBN1847010261 Author Guma Kunda Komey Publisher James Currey Series Eastern Africa Series Year 2010 ISBN-10 1847010261 ISBN-13 9781847010261 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2010-12-18 Imprint James Currey Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title LAND GOVERNANCE CONFLICT & THE Language English Media Book DEWEY 333.109628 Pages 272 AU Release Date 2010-12-18 NZ Release Date 2010-12-18 UK Release Date 2010-12-18 Illustrations 6 line illus. Alternative 9781846159237 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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