title: The disasters of war in Darfur, 1950-2004.
abstract: This article investigates the conflict that had been developing since the 1950s in Darfur and which in 2003 and 2004 burst into intense warfare. A 'complex-structuring of violence' standpoint explains the warfare. The argument is organised in two parts. The first section formulates the position by introducing Darfur, next evaluating the prevailing barbarisation perspective's attempts to explicate Darfur warring and, finally, formally presenting the complex structuring standpoint. The second section offers evidence bearing upon this standpoint. This involves information showing that four interrelated structural realms form a causal complex producing the violence. The article ends with discussion of the US government's role in Darfurian disasters of war.
authors.affiliation: Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Reyna
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000208:ethnology; D004190:Disasters / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D012036:Refugees / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012423:Rural Health / Q000266:history; D012424:Rural Population / Q000266:history; D014857:Warfare