Mindanao

The Long Journey to Peace and Prosperity

Across more than four decades, the conflict between the national government and Muslim liberation forces in the southern Philippines has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Two landmark agreements under the presidency of Benigno S Aquino III — the first in 2012 and the second in 2014 — raised high hopes that peace might finally be on the way. But the peace process stalled, and has yet to regain momentum, after a botched counterterrorism operation in early 2015.

This volume provides both in-depth examination of the latest stage of a still-ongoing peace process as well as richly textured analysis of the historical, political, and economic context underlying one of the most enduring conflicts in the world. It is thus an extremely important foundational resource in the continuing quest for peace and prosperity in Mindanao.

Contents:

• Introduction:

  • The Travails of Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Mindanao (Paul D Hutchcroft)

• National Political Update:

  • Can the Gains Be Sustained? Assessing the First Five Years of the Aquino Administration (Ronald D Holmes)

• Historical Foundations:

  • War and Peace in Muslim Mindanao: Critiquing the Orthodoxy (Patricio N Abinales)
  • The Role of International Actors in the Search for Peace in Mindanao (Steven Rood)

• Peace Prospects:

  • Forging a Peace Settlement for the Bangsamoro: Compromises and Challenges (Miriam Coronel Ferrer)
  • Building the Bangsamoro Government (Abhoud Syed M Lingga)
  • The Mamasapano Detour (Edilberto C de Jesus and Melinda Quintos de Jesus)

• Development Challenges:

  • Human Development in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Trends, Traps, and Immediate Challenges (Toby C Monsod)
  • The Shadow Economy and Strongman Rule in Mindanao (Francisco J Lara Jr)

Readership: Scholars in South East Asian Studies, peace studies, History of Philippines, and conflict studies.
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