Jok Madut Jok

Sudan

Race, Religion, and Violence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Delving deep into Sudanâ s history and culture, this fascinating book isolates the factors which cause its fractured national identity and the proliferation of violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 134mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781780742991
• ISBN-10: 1780742991
• Artikelnr.: 42416934

Autorenporträt

Jok Madut Jok is cofounder of the Sudd Institute. Born and raised in Sudan, he studied in Egypt and the United States. He is trained in the anthropology of health and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Jok recently joined the Government of South Sudan as undersecretary in the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. He is a Professor in the Department of History at Loyola Marymount University in California, and he has worked in aid and development, first as a humanitarian aid worker and as a consultant for a number of aid agencies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Quest for Unity that Further Disunited
Chapter 2: Military Regimes and the Divisive Quest for a Unified National
Identity
Chapter 3: Arab Nationalism and Revolts in Sudan's Peripheries
Chapter 4: Threat of Disintegration: Race, Religion and the North-South
Wars
Chapter 5: A Deadly Combination: Militant Islam and Oil Production
Chapter 6: Insurgency and Retaliation
Chapter 7: Sudan and the Rest of the World: The Search for Peace and
Regional Security
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Which Way Sudan?
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