Concepts: peace, insurgency, war, armed conflict, ethnic violence; Conflict management and conflict
resolution; Techniques and strategies for resolutions; Negotiation, mediation, good offices involving
a third party, conciliation or facilitation, military solution: case of Sri Lanka, Gandhian models of
satyagraha, peace education, peace research and recent developments; Factors leading to
continuation of conflicts and armed movements for a long time, insurgency economy, high intensity
and low intensity conflicts.
Origins of armed conflict in India�s North East; Selected cases, secessionist armed movements, the
Naga, the Mizo and the ULFA movements; Armed ethnic movements: the Bodo and the Tripura
Tribal movements; External factors involved; Peace initiative since 1953, Naga Peace Mission and
JP Mission, the civil society initiatives, the formal initiative of the Government of India, inter-ethnic
conflicts and consequences.
Texts/references:
1.A. Dutta and R. Bhuyan, Genesis of Peace and Conflict, Akansha,New Delhi, 2007.
2.D. Bloomfield, Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland: Building Complementarities in Conflict
Management Theory, Macmillan, London, 1997.
3.J.B. Bhattacharjee, Roots of Insurgency in North East India, Akansha, New Delhi, 2007.
4.J. Burton, Resolving Deep-Rooted Conflict: A Handbook, University Press of America, Lanham, 2003.
5.J. Galtung, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization, Sage,
London, 1996.
6.M. Deutsch, The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes, Yale University
Press, New Haven, 1973.
7.S. Nag, Marginality: Ethnicity, Insurgency and Sub-nationalism in North-East India, Manohar, New Delhi, 2002.
8. W.r Hussain (ed.), Peace Tools and Conflict Nuances In India�s Notheast, Wordwaves India,
Guwahati, 2010.
