Peace Processes & Peace Accords

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`.

Series Note Preface I. THEORIZING PEACE Introduction - Shibashis Chatterjee The Politics of Understanding - Ranabir Samaddar Territory as the Kernel of the Nation: Space, Time, and Nationalism in Israel/Palestine - Oren Yiftachel Anthropology of Reconciliation: A Case for Legal Pluralism - Pradip Kumar Bose II. PEACE AS PROCESS Introduction - Paula Banerjee Nobody's Communique: Ethnic Accords in Northeast India - Samir Kumar Das Kashmir at the Crossroads: Problems and Possibilities - Sumantra Bose Armed Conflict in Andhra Pradesh and the Search of Democratic Space - Committee of Concerned Citizens The Peace Process in Sri Lanka: From Confrontation to Accommodation - Jehan Perera III. PEACE ACCORDS Introduction - Parimal Ghosh The Accord that Never Was: Shillong Accord, 1975 - Subir Bhaumik Gendered Nation, Gendered Peace: A Study of Bangladesh - Amena Mohsin Improving India-Pakistan Relations - Mubashir Hasan The Mahakali Impasse and Indo-Nepal Water Conflict - Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit Further Readings Index