The Crisis in Darfur: an Analysis of Its Origins and Storylines

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorQuach, Thu Thien
dc.contributor.committeechairToal, Gerarden
dc.contributor.committeememberLuke, Timothy W.en
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:49Zen
dc.date.adate2005-01-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:49Zen
dc.date.issued2004-12-07en
dc.date.rdate2005-01-06en
dc.date.sdate2004-12-24en
dc.description.abstractThe research for this paper evolved from information that can be found in Lexis Nexis Academic and in the public domain, including newspapers and other media on the situation in the Sudan's western region of Darfur. This paper argues that the Darfur crisis is an outcome of Khartoum elites' attempt to obtain absolute control of national wealth and power over the entire Sudan. Structural violence, in the form of pervasive discrimination, marginalization and inequality, created resentment and resistance that triggered overt violence. Secondly, it argues that the situation is described differently, therefore, is subscripted to different storylines which are open to the manipulation of practical geopolitics. There is a gap between naming and acting toward the situation. As the result, the strategic significance in resolving the crisis is undermined, and human security in Darfur remains dire.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Public and International Affairsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12242004-143603en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12242004-143603/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37160en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.hasparttquachmajorpaper.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDarfur conflicten
dc.subjectpractical geopoliticsen
dc.subjectgenocideen
dc.subjecthumanitarian crisisen
dc.subjectpower struggleen
dc.subjectgeostrategic significanceen
dc.titleThe Crisis in Darfur: an Analysis of Its Origins and Storylinesen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public and International Affairsen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
tquachmajorpaper.pdf
Size:
304.89 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Master's Papers and Projects