Contested Peace: The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord

Social Change ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-274
Author(s):  
S.M. Sadat al Sajib ◽  
Muhammad Kazim Nur Sohad
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Chittagong Hill Tracts ◽  
Peace Accord ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
History Of

Located in the south-east corner of Bangladesh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have a history of a vicious conflict between its Bengali settlers and the Paharis, specifically the indigenous community, the Pahari-adivasis. The region’s already volatile background further escalated thanks to the nation-building approach that was being followed by the state after Bangladesh became independent in 1971. This inclination triggered an insurgency movement whose leaders demanded regional autonomy and a recognition of their identity so that people could lead a life of dignity. To quell the movement, the state resorted to military force. Later to introduce peace, the CHT Peace Accord was signed in 1997. However, though it did succeed in bringing about an element of stability, the accord failed in its larger objective as it excluded the engagement of the larger mass of Pahari people. Just over twenty years after the accord was signed, we examine, through a research study, why it neither lead to sustainable peace nor was it successful in its goal of conflict management.

scholarly journals Vyacheslav Lipinski about the peculiarities of nation-building and the role of religion in this process

2002 ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Z.V. Shved
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

Over the last decade, interest in the heritage of such national thinkers who have worked in the space of sociocultural and religious studies has become relevant. That is why, in our opinion, the appeal to Vyacheslav Lipynsky's creative work is justified. Today, his legacy can be used not only to understand the history of society and the state, but also to understand some aspects of our present. Therefore, you should listen more carefully to the thoughts of this thinker.

scholarly journals The Constitution of Ukraine of 1710 and its place in the centuries-old history of nation-building

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Igor Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
French And English ◽  
History Of ◽  
Further Development

The article reveals the socio-political preconditions of the Constitution of Ukraine of 1710, analyzes its content and determinesits place in the centuries-old history of nation-building. It is noted that the Ukrainian Constitution of 1710 had an exceptional politicaland legal significance, as it was a regularity of the existence of the Ukrainian Cossack state and testified to the statehood of the Ukrai -nian nation. The Constitution of 1710 was a kind of social contract, the primary purpose of which is to ensure the rights and free deve -lopment of members of society. It enshrined the principle of separation of state power, established democratic and contractual principlesfor the formation of public authorities, the manner of their organization and interaction, determined their competence and functions.The Constitution of Ukraine of 1710 enshrined other important principles, including equality (Article 6 «equality of the Cossacks inpublic affairs»), the rule of law and the inviolability of natural human rights, which were the basis for preventing usurpation of power,violation of the integrity and sovereignty of the state. The competence of state authorities and officials was delimited and their constitutionalstatus was established. The Ukrainian Constitution of 1710 was focused on the establishment and development of the nationalidea, spiritual and moral values of peace, tolerance, goodness, and justice. During the period of the Ukrainian Cossack state, especiallyat the time of the adoption of its constitution in 1710, the formation of the national idea took place. The Constitution of Ukraine of 1710is important in the history of nation-building. Adopted during the Middle Ages, when predominantly absolutist monarchies ruled, itbecame the most advanced state act in European society at the time, defining Ukraine as a democratic Christian republic with an electedhetmanate. The Constitution of 1710 became the foundation for the further development of Ukrainian statehood. The first Ukrainianconstitution of 1710 was ahead of its time, it was adopted when the French and English educators had just begun to develop those cons -titutional ideas that were already laid down in it. As is typical of constitutions, it defined the state system, the order and principles offunctioning of representative, executive and judicial authorities, the electoral system, the rights and responsibilities of the state, societyand citizens. Given the above-analyzed basic provisions of the Constitution of 1710, it can rightly be considered the first written democraticconstitution in the world. Key words: constitution, state formation, republic, state, nation, Ukraine.

scholarly journals Religion in the creative heritage of V.Lipinsky

1999 ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Kondratyk
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
The State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ukrainian Society

In the history of Ukrainian sociology of religion, the figure is V.Lipinsky (1882-1931). In this area, his attention was focused on comprehension of the significance of religion in the history of Ukrainian society, the role of various Christian denominations in the development of our culture, in the state and nation-building processes. In this article an attempt is made to investigate the understanding of the essence of religion as such by the Ukrainian thinker. It is known that religious and religious ideas of a sociologist and historian are set out in his book "Religion and Church in the History of Ukraine", based on the analysis of which the conclusions contained in the article are made.

scholarly journals Constitution of Nepal and Political Development: Adaption and Challenges of Implication

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
Girdhari Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Peace And Development

The present constitution- promulgated by the Constitutional Assembly (CA) in September, 2015 is the seventh written document in the constitutional history of Nepal which has institutionalized Federal Democratic Republic achieved after the success of peoples' movement of 2006. It was made based on the principles of constitutionalism. The constitution of Nepal has addressed different issues for a modern state and is regarded as a progressive, people oriented constitution. It has also paved paths for further economic development. It has opened door for rights of the people, political stability, restructuring of the state, and sustainable peace and development of the state. However, there are many prospects as well as numerous challenges for its proper implementation. Some Madhes based parties (People of Terai) and ethnic minorities have criticized the constitution for being unable to address their pertinent issues fully. However, they have involved in the process of constitution implementation by participating in first local, provincial and federal level election held under new constitution. So the government needs to bring the Madhesh based parties and other groups into a peaceful consensus and should pave a path for implementation of this constitution. At the same time, implementation of federalism, election of local bodies, sustainable peace, political stability and development are among other challenges faced by this constitution. Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 6 (December 2017), Page: 148-159

scholarly journals Federal Success in Nigeria: State-Building and Ethnic Conflict Managment

Elements ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Thibodeau
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Global Trend

Observers note that instances of ethnic conflict serve as an obvious manifestation of tension between the idea of the nation and the structure of the modern state. The current global rash of allegedly unique ethnic disputes merits a serious assessment of its place within the decline of the nation-state. Along with the notion that the nation-state is in decline, scholars have asserted the presence of another global trend in the use of federalist approaches to nation-building and conflict management. After exploring the possibilities of a relationship beween ethnic conflict and possible solutions in federal theory, this essay grounds these conjectures in an analysis of the Nigerian state. While issues have certainly complicated the path to the success of the federal state in Nigeria, the state should be viewed as generally successful in achieving its end of survival amidst threatening conflict.

scholarly journals Militarization's long shadow: Namibia's legacy of armed violence

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
African Country ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Short History ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Southern African Country ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Armed Violence

Reviewing how the legacy of Namibia's armed conflict has influenced its path of post-conflict reconstruction, the article reflects on the limitations and failures of efforts geared toward the fostering of sustainable peace and the consolidation of democracy. It begins with a short history of the Namibian conflict, then details the immediate post- independence period, focusing on peacebuilding and democratic consolidation (or the lack thereof), and concludes by considering the militaristic dimensions of governance and nation-building in Namibia, emphasizing the links between the legacy of armed violence and contemporary life and politics in this southern African country.

The Local Politics of the Prussian State: Nation-Building in Kempen of the Rhine Province, 1833–48

1988 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Sackett
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
German Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Modern Germany ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Sentiment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relations Of Power

Virtually all studies of the rise of nationalism in modern Germany relate their subject in some way to the history of the state. There was, for example, a profusion of national feeling in German society in the later nineteenth century, and it has been seen as an outgrowth of the aggrandizement of state power in Prussia. German nationalism in the Age of Napoleon has been viewed as the nation's response to her subjugation by France, which in turn the Revolution made possible by enlarging the social base of French rule. So-called high politics—these central relations of power in or among particular states—indeed produced stimuli for the growth of German national sentiment. However, due in part to modernization theory, the connection between nationalism and the state now appears in another light. Interest in the state has come to include the administration, a less exalted form of politics but no less crucial to the process of nation-building.

scholarly journals Cuando en la Nueva Granada la literatura hacía política: La idea de nación y la invocación a la mujer en la obra de J. J. Nieto Gil

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Nathalie Goldwaser
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Literature And Politics ◽  
New Granada ◽  
Xixth Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Writing ◽  
Nueva Granada ◽  
Images Of Women

Resumen: Las lecturas sobre la historia del Estadonacional colombiano no sólo son atravesadas por el tópicode la violencia, sino también por el cuestionamiento a supropia construcción de la nación o de la instauración delEstado. El presente artículo se propone demostrar quehubo en la Nueva Granada un grupo de intelectuales,identificados aquí bajo la denominación de “generaciónsantanderista”, que invocando a la nación, evocaron a lamujer en sus escritos literarios y políticos. Es por eso quenos interrogamos por los motivos de esas evocaciones, susfunciones, sus intenciones. En particular analizamos lasobras de Juan José Nieto Gil como uno de los exponentesque, cabalgando entre la literatura y la política, testimonióun posible devenir de la nación colombiana.Palabras claves: Nueva Granada, nación, figuras dela mujer, J. J. Nieto Gil, Siglo XIXWhen in New Granada Literature Did Politics: TheIdea of Nation and the Invocation of Woman in J. J.Nieto Gil’s WorksAbstract: Readings of the history of the Colombiannational state do not only relate to the topic of violence, butalso to questioning the existence of its own nation building,or the establishment of the State. This article proposes todemonstrate that in New Granada there was a group ofintellectuals, identified as members of the “santanderistageneration,” who in the name of the nation, evoked imagesof women in their literary and political writing. In thispaper I investigate the motives of such evocations, theirfunctions and the authors’ intentions, focusing specificallyon the works by Juan Jose Nieto Gil as one of thosewho, traversing between literature and politics, becamewitnesses to the development of the Colombian nation.Keywords: New Granada, nation, images of women,J. J. Nieto Gil, XIXth Century

The anthropology of the state and the state of anthropology in Brunei

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Fanselow
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Anthropology Of The State ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Written Sources

This article provides a detailed account of the process of invention of a nationalist tradition for Brunei, the most tradition-conscious nation in Southeast Asia. It shows how Brunei's nationalist tradition emerged at the interface of colonial records, indigenous oral and written sources, ethnographic fieldwork, and anthropological theories. For this purpose the article traces the history of anthropological research in northern Borneo from its colonial beginnings to its postcolonial role in nation-building and shows how anthropology and anthropologists have — sometimes unknowingly, sometimes deliberately — played an active role in the shaping of Negara Brunei Darussalam.

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