Table of Contents

Notes on contributors

List of abbreviations and acronyms

Map

Preface

Chapter One: Unpacking South Sudan’s Political Violence: History, Identity, and Citizenship

Chapter Two: The Curse of Elitism: South Sudan’s failure to transition to statehood and nationhood

Chapter Three: Oil, Economic Development and Community in South Sudan

Chapter Four: Conflict, Customary Law, Gender and Women’s Rights in South Sudan

Chapter Five: South Sudan’s Elusive Peace: Between Local Drivers of Violence and the Actions of External Actors

Chapter Six: Constitution Making and the Challenges of State Building in South Sudan

Index

About the Author

Dr. Amir Idris is a Professor of African History and Politics, and the Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York City. His teaching and research interests focus on the history and politics of colonialism, on slavery and race, and on post-colonial citizenship in Northeast and Central Africa. His publications include Sudan's Civil War: Slavery, Race and Formational Identities (2001), Conflict and Politics of Identity in Sudan (2005), and Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans (2013), and he has also published numerous book chapters and articles.