Peace Processes And Peace Accords : Volume 2 First Edition

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The second volume in the South Asian Peace Studies series, Peace Processes and Peace Accords looks at the political question of peace from three perspectives: the process of peace; the contentious issues involved in the peace process; and the ideologies that come in conflict in this process. Arguing that peace is not a one-time event to be achieved and rejoiced over but a matter to be sustained against various odds, the contributors show that the sustainability of peace depends on a foundation of rights, justice and democracy. Peace accords, they maintain, are only a moment in the process?the very act of signing an accord could mark either a continuation of the same conflict, or simply its metamorphosis. Therefore, as this volume shows, `negotiation` should be redefined as `joint problem-solving` on a long-term sustained basis, rather than `one-off hard bargaining`.Table of ContentsSeries NotePrefaceI. THEORIZING PEACEIntroduction SHIBASHIS CHATTERJEEThe Politics of Understanding RANABIR SAMADDARTerritory as the Kernel of the Nation: Space, Time, and Nationalism in Israel/Palestine OREN YIFTACHELAnthropology of Reconciliation: A Case for Legal Pluralism PRADIP KUMAR BOSEII. PEACE AS PROCESSIntroduction PAULA BANERJEENobody?s Communique: Ethnic Accords in Northeast India SAMIR KUMAR DASKashmir at the Crossroads: Problems and Possibilities SUMANTRA BOSEArmed Conflict in Andhra Pradesh and theSearch of Democratic Space COMMITTEE OF CONCERNED CITIZENSThe Peace Process in Sri Lanka: From Confrontation to Accommodation JEHAN PERERAIII. PEACE ACCORDSIntroduction PARIMAL GHOSHThe Accord that Never Was: Shillong Accord, 1975 SUBIR BHAUMIKGendered Nation, Gendered Peace: A Study of Bangladesh AMENA MOHSINImproving India-Pakistan Relations MUBASHIR HASANThe Mahakali Impasse and Indo-Nepal Water Conflict DIPAK GYAWALI and AJAYA DIXITFurther ReadingsIndex