Table of Contents

• The Independence of South Sudan: The Role of Mass Media in the Responsibility to Prevent by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs
• List of Maps and Tables
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Sudan's North-South Divide
• Chapter 2: International Intervention: From Peacekeeping to Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect
• Chapter 3: The Responsibility to Prevent: Problems of Identification and Implementation
• Chapter 4: Influencing Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Role of Mass Media
• Chapter 5: North American Press Coverage of the 2010 Sudanese Elections
• Chapter 6: North American Press Coverage of the 2011 Referendum
• Chapter 7: North American Press Coverage of the Declaration of Independence by the Republic of South Sudan
• Chapter 8: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Responsibility to Prevent: The Impact of Press Framing on Policy Choices
• Postscript: Developments since Independence
• Notes
• References
• Authors
• Index

About the Author

Walter C. Soderlund is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor. His books include Africa's Deadliest Conflict, The Independence of South Sudan, and The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur.

E. Donald Briggs is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor, where he taught full-time for nearly forty years.

Reviews

"A succinctly written and informative book." -- Beth Haddon -- Literary Review of Canada, 201412