Inter-Discursive Dynamics and Darfur: Analyzing Narrative Complexity Behind Responses of the United Nations and African Union, 2003-2006

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dc.contributor.advisorCobb, Sara
dc.contributor.authorCrewe, Kathryn Ellen
dc.creatorCrewe, Kathryn Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-29T18:35:59Z
dc.date.available2015-07-29T18:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractInternational intervention, most visibly represented by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), has failed to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Respected scholars have claimed that the “subordination of peacemaking to peacekeeping” in Darfur was driven in part by a western advocacy campaign, which set the international narrative for the crisis (Flint, 2010; De Waal, forthcoming). This dissertation innovates a method of inter-discursive narrative complexity analysis to assess how one simple storyline about Darfur hegemonized the discursive space around international intervention. It argues that a discourse coalition, enabled by discursive affinity among many outside narratives and their resonance within existing social and institutional discourses, rather than coordination by any particular actor from above, marginalized what could have been more lasting political and diplomatic responses with implications for other cases.
dc.format.extent270 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9635
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 Kathryn Ellen Crewe
dc.subjectPeace studies
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.subjectConflict Resolution
dc.subjectDarfur
dc.subjectDiscourse analysis
dc.subjectInternational Intervention
dc.subjectInterpretive policy analysis
dc.subjectNarrative Complexity
dc.titleInter-Discursive Dynamics and Darfur: Analyzing Narrative Complexity Behind Responses of the United Nations and African Union, 2003-2006
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineConflict Analysis and Resolution
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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