| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 296 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 13 |
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Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 13.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Peace-building -- Asia
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Peace-building -- Pacific Area
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Conflict management -- Asia
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Conflict management -- Pacific Area
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Conflict management
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Peace-building
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Asia
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Pacific Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aspinall, Edward
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Jeffrey, Robin
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Regan, A. J. (Anthony J.)
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| LC no. |
2012004166 |
| ISBN |
9780203104811 |
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0203104811 |
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9781136251146 |
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1136251146 |
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9781136251092 |
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113625109X |
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9781136251139 |
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1136251138 |
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9781138844674 |
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1138844675 |
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1283643782 |
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9781283643788 |
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