On the Fault Line

by Herbst, Jeffrey; McNamee, Terence; Mills, Greg; Barkan, Joel D. (CON); Brown, Chris (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781846685880
• ISBN10: 1846685885
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-20
• Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Summary

Societies in all countries are split by major divisions – or ‘faultlines’ – caused by differences in race, religion, ethnicity, wealth, class or power. Like geological faultlines, some are plainly evident, whereas others are more concealed and can erupt with little warning. Violence along faultlines within states, from Sudan to Iraq to the Congo, is the spark of much contemporary conflict. It has cost millions of lives in the past twenty years alone. In extreme cases, this violence threatens to tear states apart. Yet some countries such as Canada, South Africa and Northern Ireland, have largely succeeded in managing their faultlines. On the Faultline is based on a unique year-long project by some of the world’s leading experts to examine the nature of conflict around these divisions. In a world facing acute environmental, migration and resource challenges that can only exacerbate differences, it is an essential guide to understanding a phenomenon that all countries must grapple with in the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Managing Fault Lines in the Twenty-first Century	p. 1
The Consequences of Failure	p. 17
Boundaries and Bargains: Managing Nigeria's Fractious Society	p. 19
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Fault Lines and Local Fissures	p. 33
Overcoming the Past: War and Peace in Sudan and South Sudan	p. 45
Somalia and Somaliland: State Building amid the Ruins	p. 69
Peace through Politics	p. 89
From Bombs to Ballots: The Rise of Politics in Northern Ireland	p. 91
Indonesia: Long Roads to Reconciliation	p. 104
Managing the Two Solitudes: Lessons from Canada	p. 120
A Fine Balance	p. 135
Ethiopia: the Perils of Reform	p. 137
Ethnic Fractionalisation and the Propensity for Conflict in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania	p. 150
From Districts Six to Nine: Managing South Africa's Many Fault Lines	p. 170
Transition and Divergence in the Middle East	p. 187
Out of the Ashes: Progress in Iraq 2003-11	p. 189
Iran: Foundering under the Weight of Its Own Contradictions	p. 202
Israel, Jordan and Palestine: Linked Fates, Hard Realities	p. 216
Conclusion	p. 229
Notes and Further Reading	p. 237
Author Biographies	p. 269
Index	p. 273
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