Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace
After decades of civil war, the people of southern Sudan voted to secede from the north in an attempt to escape the seemingly endless violence. On declaring independence, South Sudan was one of the least developed places on earth, but with the ability to draw upon significant oil reserves worth $150 million a month, the foundation for a successful future was firmly in place. How, then, did the state of the new nation deteriorate even further, to the point that a new civil war broke out two years later?

Today, with both Sudans still hostage to the aspirations of their military and political leaders, how can their people escape the violence that has dominated the two countries’ recent history? By giving voice to those who, after the break-up of Sudan, have had to find ways to live, trade and communicate with one another, Jok Madut Jok provides a moving insight into a crisis that has only rarely made it into our headlines. Breaking Sudan is a meticulous account, analyzing why violence became so deeply entrenched in Sudanese society and exploring what can be done to find peace in two countries ravaged by war.
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Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace
After decades of civil war, the people of southern Sudan voted to secede from the north in an attempt to escape the seemingly endless violence. On declaring independence, South Sudan was one of the least developed places on earth, but with the ability to draw upon significant oil reserves worth $150 million a month, the foundation for a successful future was firmly in place. How, then, did the state of the new nation deteriorate even further, to the point that a new civil war broke out two years later?

Today, with both Sudans still hostage to the aspirations of their military and political leaders, how can their people escape the violence that has dominated the two countries’ recent history? By giving voice to those who, after the break-up of Sudan, have had to find ways to live, trade and communicate with one another, Jok Madut Jok provides a moving insight into a crisis that has only rarely made it into our headlines. Breaking Sudan is a meticulous account, analyzing why violence became so deeply entrenched in Sudanese society and exploring what can be done to find peace in two countries ravaged by war.
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Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace

Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace

by Jok Madut Jok
Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace

Breaking Sudan: The Search for Peace

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After decades of civil war, the people of southern Sudan voted to secede from the north in an attempt to escape the seemingly endless violence. On declaring independence, South Sudan was one of the least developed places on earth, but with the ability to draw upon significant oil reserves worth $150 million a month, the foundation for a successful future was firmly in place. How, then, did the state of the new nation deteriorate even further, to the point that a new civil war broke out two years later?

Today, with both Sudans still hostage to the aspirations of their military and political leaders, how can their people escape the violence that has dominated the two countries’ recent history? By giving voice to those who, after the break-up of Sudan, have had to find ways to live, trade and communicate with one another, Jok Madut Jok provides a moving insight into a crisis that has only rarely made it into our headlines. Breaking Sudan is a meticulous account, analyzing why violence became so deeply entrenched in Sudanese society and exploring what can be done to find peace in two countries ravaged by war.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786070036
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 04/11/2017
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Jok Madut Jok is Associate Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. He has published numerous books and articles including War and Slavery in Sudan.

Table of Contents

Maps vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Abbreviations 1

Introduction: The "New Sudan": How Sudan's Break-Up Prepared the Ground for More War 5

Sudan after the CPA 24

South Sudan after the CPA 39

1 The Two Sudans and the Defeat of the CPA Reform Project 65

South Sudan and the burden of independence 72

Post-separation relations 86

The cooperation agreements 99

The cooperation agreements and continued military raids 107

2 Independent South Sudan and the Burden of Liberation History 113

The burden of the liberation wars 117

Political violence and the development of a sub-culture of guns 121

The CPA and the unrelenting violence 124

The CPA and the exclusionary peace 128

South Sudan and the legacy of liberation ideologies 134

3 Sudan's Wars: The Experience of One Village 149

4 Political Rivalries, the New Wars and the Crumbling Social Order 181

The 2013 outbreak of conflict: what caused this crisis? 193

How political disagreement turned violent 196

Power politics or tribal wars? 203

5 Reporting Sudan's Wars: The Media and the Blurred Line Between Informing and Inciting 219

War and sexual violence 233

Displacement and social life 244

6 Mixed Economies, Corruption and Social Disparity 247

The decentralized system of government and its shortfalls 251

Mixed economies, social disparities, conflict and the role of corruption 255

Governance and the role of policy research 272

7 Ethnic Relations, the New War and the (Dis) Unity of South Sudan 285

Obstacles to collective belonging 291

Public goods and services as the success of the state 303

History as the foundation of nationhood 305

The new civil war and prospects for a united South Sudan 310

Cultural exclusion could keep South Sudan in perpetual conflict 316

8 Conclusion: The Fates of the Two Sudans 321

Landing on hard ground 325

Ambivalent new neighbors 329

A history of violent interactions or a future of links? 335

Invisible connections and the promise of peaceful co-existence 339

Notes 345

Bibliography 361

Index 363

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